Politico article29 Nov 2023 23:05
During her interview with Politico yesterday the EU president said:-
Since 20 years, China has bought mine after mine globally, takes the raw material, processes it in China and has the monopoly on some of the critical raw materials like, for example, lithium for clean technologies,' she said.
'This is the reason why I said we have to de-risk, not decouple from China … because it would not be in our interest and I think it is not viable.'