Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin arrives at the Informal EU 27 Summit and Meeting within the European Political Community at Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, October 6, 2022. REUTERS/David W Cerny
Reuters: Europe is too dependent on China for technologies, Finland's PM says
HELSINKI (Reuters) -Europe is currently too reliant on China for technologies and should be wary of this dependency, Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Thursday.
"Let's be honest, we have vulnerabilities already. We see it when we look at chips or semiconductors, we are too dependent," Marin said, speaking at Slush, an annual startup event in Helsinki.
Marin said Europe had lessons to learn from its dependency on Russian energy that led to the ongoing energy crisis in Europe, as well as the lack of medical supplies seen during the COVID pandemic.
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Update #1: Finnish PM: We are too dependent on Taiwan for chips (Politico)
Update #2: Finnish PM warns Europe overreliant on Taiwan's chips (Taiwan News)
WNU Editor: Europe is dependent on energy from others. Europe is dependent on Asia for technology. Europe is dependent on the U.S. for its defense and security.
I have been hearing Europeans talk like this for decades. But in the end they do nothing about it.
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