BERLIN -- Germany will reduce its economic reliance on China, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in an exclusive interview with Nikkei Asia, pledging that the country will avoid "one-sided dependencies on individual countries, as well as open up new sales markets."
On March 18, Tokyo and Berlin will hold their first Japan-Germany Inter-Governmental Consultations, a new framework for regular discussions that will include the leaders of the two countries. Scholz spoke with Nikkei at the chancellery in Berlin ahead of his trip.
