> If the Chinese Government and its citizens want to subsidize clean energy production in Europe by selling us subsidized solar panels why should we say no?
Because European know-how and industry, and thus competitive advantage, gets lost. I don't want a dictatorship like China having the massive amount of leverage it already has. China has brought European solar, steel and electronics production to its knees by a combination of slavery-backed price dumping, industrial espionage, knowledge-transfer extortions (aka "to do business in China you have to find a local partner and work with them") and outright buying of the shells of doomed European companies.
Especially the stranglehold China has over the West when it comes to electronics will bite the West more sooner than later.
By the way, China is doing a similar thing to Africa: with all the money the West gave to them for cheap electronics they're building (and thus taking operational control) rail and road infrastructure.
From Chinese perspective it's the perfect ultra long game... the rest of the world is in for a massive shock once they run afoul of Chinese goals wherever and whenever that might be.
Because European know-how and industry, and thus competitive advantage, gets lost. I don't want a dictatorship like China having the massive amount of leverage it already has. China has brought European solar, steel and electronics production to its knees by a combination of slavery-backed price dumping, industrial espionage, knowledge-transfer extortions (aka "to do business in China you have to find a local partner and work with them") and outright buying of the shells of doomed European companies.
Especially the stranglehold China has over the West when it comes to electronics will bite the West more sooner than later.
By the way, China is doing a similar thing to Africa: with all the money the West gave to them for cheap electronics they're building (and thus taking operational control) rail and road infrastructure.
From Chinese perspective it's the perfect ultra long game... the rest of the world is in for a massive shock once they run afoul of Chinese goals wherever and whenever that might be.