Europe striving for independence from Chinese critical raw materials, von der Leyen says
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Saturday that Europe has to strive for independence from Chinese critical raw materials by looking for alternative resources from other countries.
“In recent weeks and months, China has dramatically tightened export controls over rare earth and battery materials. At least to some extent, this is part of wider economic friction between China and the United States but it has a huge impact on us here in the European Union,” von der Leyen told a conference in Berlin.
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