Annalena Baerbock says Europe has learnt many lessons from how Australia has stood up to China.
Germany’s foreign minister has declared China needs to understand it cannot get away with economic “blackmail”, saying Western nations have learned from Australia’s experiences of economic coercion after standing up to Beijing.
“Having the understanding we could be attacked without any military means is something that is new in our debate,” she said. “More than 90 per cent of the lithium mined in Australia is exported without further processing to China, while the EU imports more than 90 per cent of its processed lithium needs from China.
“What we see is the emergence of a world of increasing systemic rivalry, in which some autocratic regimes seek to bend the international order to increase their spheres of influence, using not only military might but also economic clout,” she said.“We don’t accept when others bend our common rules. Any unilateral change in theAdvertisement
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