Local content rules, EU-majority joint ventures, and visa limits for engineers… France\u2019s Institut Montaigne think tank unveils bold proposals to cut Europe\u2019s reliance on China.<\/p>\n
What if, for once, the European Union was as combative as China or the United States? By adopting Beijing\u2019s or Washington\u2019s methods, Europe could reduce its heavy dependence on China for critical metals essential to climate change technologies. The key to this revolution is \u201clocal content,\u201d argues Joseph Dellatte, an expert at the Institut Montaigne think tank. Brussels could \u201cimpose 50% local content on energy transition products sold in Europe,\u201d such as solar panels, wind turbines, electrolyzers, batteries and electric vehicles.<\/p>\n
This threshold would enable \u201ca significant proportion of the critical components of an electric vehicle,\u201d for example, to be manufactured in Europe, according to Dellatte, a specialist in energy, the environment and Asia, in a report that puts forward nine recommendations for reducing Europe\u2019s dependence on China in green technologies.<\/p>\n
Imposing more than just assembly in European factories<\/p>\n
In sectors where it lags significantly behind, such as LFP (lithium iron phosphate) batteries, Europe must require Chinese companies\u2026<\/p>\n
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