{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_pgeh2uxu2kqqzorecnca","title":"Volkswagen-Gotion deal shows hard limits of China de-risking","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/volkswagen-gotion-deal-shows-hard-limits-of-china-de-risking-pgeh2uxu2k","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_pgeh2uxu2kqqzorecnca","seq":589093,"kind":"article","title":"Volkswagen-Gotion deal shows hard limits of China de-risking","url":"https://asiatimes.com/2026/09/volkswagen-gotion-deal-shows-hard-limits-of-china-de-risking","summary":"Volkswagen has spent years trying to build a European battery business strong enough to carry its electric-car ambitions. Its latest deal pulls a Chinese partner deeper into that effort. On September 28, Germany’s Volkswagen and China’s Gotion High-Tech agreed to deepen a partnership that began in 2020. Gotion plans to invest about 1.1 billion euros […] The post Volkswagen-Gotion deal shows hard limits of China de-risking appeared first on Asia Times .","published":"2026-09-29T05:34:16Z","seen":"2026-09-29T06:02:43Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-asiatimes-com-cde124","name":"asiatimes.com","domain":"asiatimes.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q727162","name":"Asia Times Online","type":"magazine","country":"CN","designations":["news website","periodical"]}},"via":"kite-asiatimes-com-cde124","topics":["asia","business","block 1","china evs","china-europe relations","ev batteries","ev supply chains","gotion high-tech"],"authors":["Goktug Calıskan"],"entities":[{"id":"Q246","name":"Volkswagen","type":"org"},{"id":"Q67932360","name":"Gotion","type":"org"},{"id":"Q29520","name":"China","type":"place"}],"story":"st_pgeh2uxu2kqqzorecnca","category":"economy-business","category_p":0.9100000262260437,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.4699999988079071,"political":0.75}]}