The Commission on China of the German Bundestag, made up of specialists and aimed at reviewing economic relations between Beijing and Berlin from the perspective of security, has urged the German Executive to design geoeconomic stress tests that include contingency plans in the event of an economic blockade of Taiwan by China.
With this recommendation, the Commission warns of the repercussions that could arise for the German economy from potential actions of the Asian giant on Taiwan, in a scenario of geopolitical conflict that would involve sanctions, breakdowns in trade relations, or other measures, according to the report accessed by the German newspaper "Handelsblatt".
This body of the Bundestag was established in 2025 with the aim of analyzing how to strengthen German imports of energy and raw materials and assessing whether it is necessary to adapt the regulations on foreign trade, in line with the European strategy of economic security against China.
The initiative aligns with the request that the Chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz, and the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, made this Monday to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in which they demanded "decisive" and "forceful" instruments against those countries that create distortions in the market.
China consolidated itself in 2025 as Germany's main trading partner, with a flow of goods worth 252.4 billion euros, ahead of the United States and the Netherlands. The German automotive industry maintains a prominent presence in the Chinese market; however, vehicle exports have sharply decreased, while total imports from the Asian giant continue to rise.
France and Germany alerted Brussels that the level playing field for European companies is being eroded, as well as the EU's position as a "key and sovereign" industrial producer and its capacity for innovation. At the same time, they demanded to equip themselves with a "credible" instrument to respond and implement "forceful" measures, including the immediate expulsion from the internal market "if necessary".