Chile instead of China: German governmen • Table.Briefings

To reduce its dependence on Russia and China for raw materials and energy imports, the German government wants to work more closely with countries in South America. Meanwhile, an initiative warns of human rights violations and environmental destruction in new raw materials supply chains.

With the aim of multiplying international partnerships in raw materials trade, Franziska Brantner, Parliamentary State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry of Economics, will begin a trip to Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay tomorrow. There, together with an EU delegation, she will meet the respective Ministers for Foreign Trade and Economic Affairs and for Energy and Mining. In these talks, she will „advocate more intensive economic cooperation, especially in renewable energies and raw materials,“ the Federal Ministry of Economics announced. In Chile, Brantner will, among other things, open the EXPONOR mining trade fair, of which Germany is this year’s partner country.

Chile instead of China: German government relies on raw materials from South America

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