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Depending on China for 70% of your strategic technologies is not trade — it is surrender.
Brussels finally drew the line with its Industrial Accelerator Act, requiring EU-origin manufacturing for EVs, batteries, and solar tech in public contracts.
Yes, prices will rise and trade tensions will escalate. But economic sovereignty is never free. The real question: what took Europe so long?
Trump Was Right All Along
Europe mocked Trump’s China tariffs for years. Yet now Brussels is doing exactly the same — just with fancier language.
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) once said Europe must “de-risk, not decouple” from China. But Trump was already defending American sovereignty before European leaders even admitted the problem existed.
Europe is playing catch-up and will pay a steeper price for the years of delay.
Beijing Shows Its True Hand
The moment Europe moved to protect its industry, China’s Ministry of Commerce immediately threatened “countermeasures to firmly safeguard its legitimate rights and interests.”
That reaction alone says everything. If this relationship were truly fair, Beijing wouldn’t be threatening retaliation.
Dependency was always Beijing’s most powerful weapon. Europe is finally putting it down. But it should have started a decade ago.
Industrial sovereignty is worth the short-term price.
Response to @Jhonffonseca [Replying to: https://x.com/Jhonffonseca/status/2049188227630936277?s=20]
