Yellen Calls for EU-US Cooperation to Counter Surge in Chinese Green-Tech Exports
Yellen Calls for EU-US Cooperation to Counter Surge in Chinese Green-Tech Exports
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has called on the European Union to collaborate with the United States in addressing the surge of Chinese green-tech exports, warning that the influx threatens …
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/15924621
Yellen Calls for EU-US Cooperation to Counter Surge in Chinese Green-Tech Exports
The real question is do we have enough access to cheap green tech? A further, more probing question is: what are we willing to sacrifice to get it? Potential things on the chopping block:
- sovereignty
- worker rights
- national security
- a resilient economy
As to the last one, as the recent pandemic showed, consolidating manufacturing to one country/area can make the global economy quite fragile to economic, environmental, societal and political shocks.
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