“W e are at a dangerous point,” worries Arndt Kirchhoff, boss of the employers’ association in North Rhine-Westphalia and one of three brothers who run Kirchhoff, a maker of car components. Germany recently slipped into a technical recession. Many companies are investing abroad rather than at home. Chinese consumers are importing less after the lifting of pandemic restrictions than German manufacturers had been hoping. And Ukraine’s counter-offensive against Russian invaders is injecting uncertainty into Germany’s backyard.
“我们正处于危险的位置，”担心北莱茵 - 韦斯特法里亚雇主协会的老板，也是经营汽车组件制造商Kirchhoff的三个兄弟之一Arndt Kirchhoff。德国最近陷入了技术衰退。许多公司正在国外投资而不是在家中投资。在大流行限制后，中国消费者的进口量要少于德国制造商所希望的。乌克兰针对俄罗斯入侵者的反犯罪正在向德国的后院注入不确定性。
