Deepening industrial crises force historically open trading nations to back aggressive protectionist defenses.
When a domestic manufacturing crisis threatens cornerstone industries, export-dependent nations shift their policy alignment to support robust tariffs.
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A catastrophic manufacturing crisis at Volkswagen has forced historically open-trading Germany to abandon conciliation and back aggressive import tariffs on Chinese hybrids.
Faced with China's severe industrial overcapacity, Germany is hardening its trade policy to align with defensive tariffs alongside France.
Germany's government dropped its previous opposition to countervailing hybrid tariffs as Chinese imports threatened local market share.