German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is leading a high-level delegation to New Delhi this week, betting that greater access to the vast Indian market can reduce Germany's reliance on Beijing even if India does not turn out to be the 'new China'.
Scholz's visit to India this week comes at a delicate time for Germany, whose export-oriented economy faces a second year of contraction and concerns over a trade dispute between the European Union and China that could rebound on German companies.
