Belgian PM Says Europe Faces Rude Awakening Over China Dependence

Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever said Europe learned a difficult lesson about relying too much on other countries.

He said cheap foreign goods weakened some European industries.

He also warned that countries could use important trade dependencies as leverage.

De Wever appeared to refer to China when discussing the country that benefited most from this situation.

He said India had noticed these risks earlier and warned Europe.

European countries did not listen at the time.

Now, De Wever said Europe is paying more attention and wants to diversify its suppliers.

He called India Europe’s number one partner for this effort.

The two sides want to work together in areas such as technology, defence, medicines, energy and critical minerals.