NNA -nbsp;Germany on Thursday adopted a tougher strategy toward a more quot;assertivequot; China, its top trade partner, in a move Beijing warned could quot;damage cooperation and mutual trustquot;.
quot;We want to reduce critical dependencies in future,quot; Chancellor Olaf Scholz tweeted, saying Berlin had quot;reacted to a China that has changed and become more assertivequot;.
The 64-page blueprint, which the government said was embedded in the European Union#39;s approach to China,nbsp;showed the government was quot;realistic but not naivequot;, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said. — AFP
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