Christiane Benner (C), chairwoman of the industrial union IG Metall, speaks with journalists on the sidelines of a protest against job cuts in front of the commercial cars plant of German car maker Volkswagen (VW) on September 21, 2026 in Hanover, central Germany. The metalworkers' IG Metall union has called for nationwide protests at manufacturers and suppliers in the automotive industry, claiming government and management action to protect jobs and factories as the car industry hits crisis point. (Photo by Ronny HARTMANN / AFP via Getty Images)

Christiane Benner (C), chairwoman of the industrial union IG Metall, and other demonstrators hold a banner reading "A Future Instead of Clear-Cutting" as they protest against job cuts in front of the commercial cars plant of German car maker Volkswagen (VW) on September 21, 2026 in Hanover, central Germany. The metalworkers' IG Metall union has called for nationwide protests at manufacturers and suppliers in the automotive industry, claiming government and management action to protect jobs and factories as the car industry hits crisis point. (Photo by Ronny HARTMANN / AFP via Getty Images)

Demonstrators wave flags with the logo of the IG Metall union as they protest against job cuts in front of the commercial cars plant of German car maker Volkswagen (VW) on September 21, 2026 in Hanover, central Germany. The metalworkers' IG Metall union has called for nationwide protests at manufacturers and suppliers in the automotive industry, claiming government and management action to protect jobs and factories as the car industry hits crisis point. (Photo by Ronny HARTMANN / AFP via Getty Images)

Demonstrators wave flags with the logo of the IG Metall union as they protest against job cuts in front of the commercial cars plant of German car maker Volkswagen (VW) on September 21, 2026 in Hanover, central Germany. The metalworkers' IG Metall union has called for nationwide protests at manufacturers and suppliers in the automotive industry, claiming government and management action to protect jobs and factories as the car industry hits crisis point. (Photo by Ronny HARTMANN / AFP via Getty Images)

A villager rakes rice drying on a road at a village in Tongren, in China's southwest Guizhou province on September 20, 2026. (Photo by CN-STR / AFP via Getty Images) / China OUT

(FILES) Members of the public pass the offices of Google in the business and financial sector of Dublin, Ireland on October 7, 2021. Ireland's data protection watchdog, acting on behalf of the European Union, said on September 21, 2026 that it had fined Google 403 million euros (462 million USD) for breaching users' location data. (Photo by PAUL FAITH / AFP via Getty Images)

Labourers work on a scaffolding at a construction site in New Delhi on September 21, 2026. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP via Getty Images)

A cleaner loads a rubbish bin onto a truck along a business street in Beijing on September 21, 2026. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP via Getty Images)