Berlin criticizes the regime’s undervalued currency, state subsidies, and security threats, and proposes joint defensive actions by leading democracies. Chinese auto workers on the assembly line at the FAW-Volkswagen plant in Chengdu, southwest Sichuan Province, China, on July 6, 2014. 7/1/2026|Updated: 7/1/2026 Commentary Germany’s government and leading corporations are increasingly at odds over their relations with China.