Volkswagen makes sweeping production cuts

大众汽车大幅削减生产规模

World Business Report

2026-07-10

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Volkswagen, whose 10 brands range from Seat to Porsche, is making sweeping production cuts in Germany. We take a look at the impact this is having on the automotive industry in the country. A row over Peking duck is adding to already tense relations between Brussels and Beijing. The European Commission has opened an investigation into whether Chinese duck meat is being sold in Europe at unfairly low prices. We take a look at the wider dispute. And since the United States imposed a near total fuel blockage on Cuba six months ago, the island's food crisis is deepening. Presenter: Leanna Byrne Producers: Rob Cave, Parisa Qurban, Aleeza Siddiq.
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  • Jobs, factories and the future of Europe's biggest carmaker.

  • Energy prices are too high.

  • Taxes are too high.

  • There is too much red tape.

  • And this will be, of course, a milestone for the German automotive industry.

  • It's World Business Report from the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Liana Byrne.

  • Volkswagen is reportedly considering sweeping cuts with up to 100,000 jobs at risk.

  • Also, why Peking Duck has become the latest flashpoint in EU-China trade tensions.

  • And Argentina has managed to repay billions in bond debt without returning to international markets.

  • So, how did it pull that off?

  • Volkswagen workers protested today at reports of potentially 100,000 job cuts and the closure of four plants.

  • Just earlier, it confirmed it would cut both production capacity and the numbers of models,

  • but it didn't go as far as confirming job cuts or plant closures.

  • Geeta Kahneman told colleagues in the German Bundestag where she thought Germany's automotive industry was going wrong.

  • Needs a business location that keeps pace.

  • That is precisely what has been lacking so far.

  • Energy prices are too high.

  • Taxes are too high.

  • Social security contributions are too high.