To remain price competitive, they have had to rely on imported components. The manufacture of electrical products, such as chips and passive devices, has quite often been shifted completely to Asia, while even automobiles that are still assembled in Germany rely heavily on components produced in Eastern Europe.
汽车和电器工程产业处于集市经济的前沿。为维持价格竞争力，它们依赖于进口部件。像芯片和无源装置等电器产品制造大多已经完全转移到了亚洲，甚至连在德国境内组装的汽车也严重依赖于在东欧生产的零部件。