Germany must not be “naïve” about the “very real” risk of China invading Taiwan, one of Berlin’s top economic advisers has warned. Monika Schnitzer, who leads the Council of Economic Experts, said the country must reduce economic ties with the world’s second biggest economy to avoid “a real moment of conflict” if Xi Jinping sends troops onto the island.

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    1 year ago

    You realize that there is significant drive in the EU to become less dependent on the US? They are trying to bring chip building over here and there are even efforts to build an EU army so that the US doesn’t have leverage here