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this article is literally about closing factories in GERMANY. So VW is definetely not "exploiting cheap labour from its colonies/vassals/".

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Why not? Cheap energy from Russia, that came to an end. Cheap parts from China are not so cheap now because trade war and tariffs. Result: margins shrink, VW makes worse cars at higher price.

You said they are exploiting cheap labour from its colonies/vassals, again the factory is in germany.

Also electricity prices are largely back to pre-war levels https://tradingeconomics.com/germany/electricity-price , so is the gas price https://tradingeconomics.com/germany/gasoline-prices

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