CCP Support for Russia Harms Berlin–Beijing Relations, German Vice Chancellor Says

Robert Habeck is Europe’s first senior official to travel to China since Brussels hiked tariffs on electric vehicles imported from China.
CCP Support for Russia Harms Berlin–Beijing Relations, German Vice Chancellor Says
German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck (L) speaks at a news conference in Shanghai on June 22, 2024. STR/AFP via Getty Images
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The Chinese communist regime’s support for Russia amid the Ukraine war has already taken a toll on the economic relationship between Berlin and Beijing, German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck said during an official visit to China.

Trade between China and Russia surged by more than 40 percent in 2023, and nearly half of the increase, according to Mr. Habeck, was because of goods with both civilian and military uses.