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Mercedes CEO says cutting ties with China is 'unthinkable'

Mercedes-Maybach EQS SUV Shanghai show 2023
The Mercedes-Maybach EQS SUV was unveiled at the 2023 Shanghai auto show. China accounts for about half of all Maybach sales. (REUTERS)
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May 01, 2023 06:38 AM

FRANKFURT -- Cutting economic ties with China is unrealistic, Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Kallenius told a German newspaper, and attempting to do so would put most of the country's industry at risk.

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