Europe depends on China. Here's where China still depends on Europe — more than you'd think

While Europe's reliance on Chinese manufacturing and trade is widely understood, one crucial reality often gets overlooked: China's own dependence on European technology in critical sectors. According to Euronews, despite Beijing's aggressive push toward technological self-reliance, China still relies on European expertise and capabilities in key areas—a dependence that underscores the deeper complexity of the EU-China economic relationship. Both economies are locked in a mutual dependency that neither can easily escape.

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