Boya An looks at how in recent years, agricultural product sales in various countries have gradually shifted from the traditional mode to the e-commerce mode – from brick to click – and how the sudden onset of COVID-19 has accelerated the development of new sales modes.

In November 2019, the CEO of Tesla announced plans to build a “Gigafactory” in Grunheide, Brandenburg – but are the Brandenburg region and Tesla even a perfect fit? And who pulls the strings in the ongoing approval processes? Katrin Müller investigates.