EU got china to destroy their environment while they imported refined rare earths.
Pretty machiavellian
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China got EU, and the US to shut down nuclear, coal, pipelines, and/or nat gas in favor of unreliable intermittent low density energy sources.
High prices of electricity lead to deindustrialization, energy poverty, and fiat economies.
Im sure china has been meddling where they can.
China appears currently economically bound up as a supplier.
The economy is f&g, but the purchaser often has greater sovereignty
Like how supermarkets exploit farmers