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As Europe rearms, can it decouple its military supply chains from China?
Europe's defense industry aims to gradually reduce reliance on China for military supply chains during rearmament, rather than complete decoupling. G7 leaders signed a declaration to significantly reduce dependency on a single external supplier for critical minerals, without explicitly naming China.
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