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Pressure in China helps convince Volkswagen it's time to change
The restructuring would also halve Volkswagen’s models to 75 and streamline management as the company faces weaker profits and intense competition in China.
Volkswagen’s sweeping restructuring underlines the force of the China shock hitting Germany’s economy as the world’s biggest car market, short years ago a major profit center, rapidly becomes a major competitive challenge. The headwinds facing Germany’s largest carmaker from China,…
The German carmaker is under pressure from, among other things, increasing Chinese competition, high domestic costs and US import tariffs, the Independent reports.