Mastodawn

Lots of food for thought from Sander Tordoir in this thread (and a paper) about the lack of action from Germany (and the EU) to fight back on China, among this truth:

"Berlin can no longer afford to wait for the problem to correct itself.

The drivers of China’s surplus persist, including a weak domestic demand dragged down by the property bust, cheap state-backed credit for manufacturing, and an undervalued currency."

https://bsky.app/profile/sandertordoir.bsky.social/post/3mmbl3h6vak2r

Sander Tordoir (@sandertordoir.bsky.social)

Global car, machinery and chemicals production could concentrate further in China, eroding innovation in traditional manufacturing centres. Increasingly one-sided trade would increase Beijing's ability to coerce Berlin and Brussels by throttling supply the way it did for rare earths. 11/

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