Finance Minister Christian Lindner is worried that Germany’s economy is becoming too reliant on China and called for closer trade ties with democratic countries to counteract this dependency.

“Dangerous development: German trade deficit with China more than doubled in 2022,” Lindner wrote on Twitter. “We should learn from the experience with Russia.” Germany “urgently” needs to rethink and focus on more free trade with “value partners,” he said.

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