By Christian Kraemer
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany is working on a new China policy that will not be naive and will aim to reduce its dependency on Beijing for raw materials, batteries and semiconductors, Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Tuesday.
Habeck said China was a welcome trading partner, but that Germany must take countermeasures against state protectionism.
“We cannot allow ourselves to be blackmailed,” the minister said in an interview with Reuters on Tuesday.
(Reporting by Christian Kraemer; Writing by Riham Alkousaa; Editing by Miranda Murray)
