German foreign minister warns against Chinese economic blackmail

"This is why we are saying you also need China as a partner not only in regard to fighting climate change but as a partner in other sectors so that they could not say to Europe, 'we've banned all the raw material', and then the economy in Europe [goes] down but they know if they would do that, with our anti-coercion measures, we would say, 'you also have some projects and if you want your projects in our market, this would also harm you'." Linking together economic security and climate action, she outlined the need for Germany and Australia to…