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- In a special interview with DW’s Richard Walker, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock warns Beijing that she is “very serious” about reducing Germany’s economic dependency on China. Baerbock said Germany must ensure that it cannot again fall victim with blackmail - as it did over its dependence on Russian energy.
Baerbock is currently masterminding Germany’s new national security strategy, and explains her priorities in developing the new plan. Is Germany doing enough to support Ukraine? Is it prepared for a Chinese invasion of Taiwan? And does the West still have any moral high ground in the “systemic competition” between democracies and autocracies?
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This woman is living in her dream, we all need one and other.
"If you're not serious about strategies, you shouldn't do one." She said this one minute after defending Germany's 13th-place ranking in per-capita aid to Ukraine.
Ah, Green Party politicians. Such big mouths in opposition, such ordinary faults in power.
这女人的学历，工作经历，根本不能支撑她的工作岗位，这就是德国🇩🇪人选出来无能女人😂
This Woman is a Danger, for the World Peace! German Civilists are against her! Worst Diplomat ever!
The dream of her Polish grandparents, who came to Germany from Poland over 60 years ago, the reason why they had to/wanted to leave Poland would be of interest.
@@tuna8698 totally incompetent woman
lol...
independent??? you just go to qatar for a new gas supply, while bashing them for cheap labor they got from south asia
They are also bashing Asian with human rights, looks like European just piss off the part of world outside off the collective west 😂
And what did the incompetent Habeck get from Qatar? Nothing. nothing at all.
Funny thing is, nobody forces Germany to trade with China. I don't get the constant threats, if you don't want to buy or sell to China, don't issue threat, just stop buying or selling to China, easy peasy.
Do what UK did, we don't like nor trust EU, so we Brexited, everybody is happy no need to issue any threats.
What threat? The threats are coming from China towards Taiwan and the global order. The aggression shown by China should be taken seriously. The EU/Germany is right to limit ties, supply chains, and dependencies. You are right when pointing out that no one is forcing Germany but German/western companies seem to think nothing has changed and greed is the driving force so these companies must move away from past attitudes for the sake of national security.
@@user-mj9tr3ym5t Did you miss the incident where Chinese troops killed Indian troops on Indian lands that the CCP is claming or contesting. Yeah, when you have PLA troops walking around with spiked clubs that end up killing Indian soldiers I would call that aggression. Maybe you missed all the events where the PLAN has forced Filipino fishers out of there own waters. PLAN ships stopping the resupply of Filipino troops again in Filipino waters. China building MAN MADE islands in the SCS including the Spratly Islands which Chinese politicians said they would NOT militarize. Yet, there it is a fully militarized island that isn't natural nor is it legal as it was disputed. China ignored the Hague ruling even after agreeing with UNCLOS which concluded China has no legal basis to claim historic rights to the bulk of the South China Sea. If you don't think a militarized island is an aggressive move then you know are being dishonest. You act just like the CCP igoring facts when it suits you. Last, how many fighters, bombers are you going to send to fly near Taiwan as a show of strength to intimidate them? just another way China is being agressive to get what it wants. But, I'm sure you will ignore or excuse all these actions as usual.
no harm boy look at ur economy. BREXIT was ...
Germany won't admit it. It relies on China.
@@rickjames18 can you tell me what China threats to the world? what you want is the western country to rule the world and that's it.
Being a friend is dangerous
Being an ally is fatal
Ring a bell
lol stay with india, china and russia..
@@joellee6142 Better to pick the WINNING team.🤣🤣
@@joellee6142 Better than to stand alone against former good partners!
@@joellee6142 better to stand with partners who don't blow up your energy infrastructure
France said to US : we are not your vassal, we are right to think of our country’s interests !
Germany to US: 😢master, hold my slave collar, please!
16:50 "breaching international law is always wrong", that's why "we did not participate in invading Iraq", but did you sanction America? Did you send weapon to Iraq to defend itself? Why are you doing it now to Russia? Don't be a hypocrite, one breaching of international law is not equally wrong as another, it's less wrong when your ally does it and you can benefit from it.
They sure participated in bombing Yugoslavia, but that’s conveniently ignored.
@@ramondaserbica9802 nothing wrong with bombing genocidal maniacs
This would be a great comparison if Ukraine was training religious terrorists to commit murders in America, was starting wars with its neighbours, and threatening to destabilise the global energy supply while oppressing its own population. Other than that, yea, totally the same thing....
Would love to know how you suggest Germany deals with Russia now.
@@paweld true
"Nobody can blackmail us" 😂, lets look at how Turkey has been doing this business for multiple years.
You can say that again buddy. Let's not forget those new subs that the Reich ehm I mean Germany will give to the Otto.. ehm Turks. Yeah!!! Go EU!
They dont have guts to go again st turkey :s
@@georgedevries3992 Ah yes, Turkey will invade Europe with submarines! Oh wait, that doesn't make any sense. I love history, but don't try and extrapolate old realities on the modern day. The Turks aren't the Ottomans any more than the British have an empire.
there are like 6 or 7 million turks in Germany...yeah, islam might be our second religion. Can we kick them out? No, we can't...nobody wants Erdi getting angry.
@@Calvinwiresner 90% of the Turks in Germany are now Germans who live here in the 2nd and 3rd generation and were mostly born here.
Germany, Japan, France, Great Britain, Italy, Poland, Spain and Norway, all these countries existed and survived before WWII, before globalisation and before international economics; the problem is that some people get greedy and there’s never enough money for them, they always want more and therefore the prices of housing, goods and services get over inflated, creating wealth for few, but chronic poverty and resentment for the masses and that’s how wars start.
Same as China, until it was brutally colonised by Europeans and then the Japanese.
exactly
you are forgetting that before WWII , we Europeans and Americans basically sucked all the resources from the rest of the (at that moment) mostly undevelopped world.
for centuries, we had a monopoly in oil, fruit, vegetables, wood, minerals (basically everything, you name it),
and our employees all over the world worked for peanuts (if they got paid at all)
Capitalism already exists since the 1500's , when we started exploiting the colonies...
Do you really want to work in a textile factory making clothes? The USA gdp per capita is $62,000 because people work in offices and the low paying jobs are sent overseas. There is already a shortage of truck drivers and the domestic farming industry would collapse without foreign workers.
@@Bk6346 the same as korea
"No one can blackmail us" apart from America,
For all of the USA's missteps, and some major ones, like the last 20 years in the middle east. It has I believe been a force for good among it's allies and like minded countries. There is an obvious difference between our systems and those of more authoritarian regimes, you can see it in how they treat their own citizens. We aren't perfect, but I think the grand arrow of change and progress has been pointed in the right direction.
Well said.
Dependency on China? You mean Chinese as the largest buyer of BMWs and Benzs? So being your largest customer is our fault huh?
@kudi I'm happy with 2021 onwards chinese production car
@kudi exactly, let those people lived in the past decade.
It is weird does she represent Germany or the United States?
when exactly you think she representing the US ?
Nobody needs to blackmail Germany, for the current German leadership is superbly achieving the same results on its own.
BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH
Corporations around the world have destroyed their INTERNAL organizations by sourcing to any "CHEAPER" sources. ASIAS, ....CHINA & INDIA are two such sources. Corporations started this decades ago ....for the one purpose of reducing their costs.
Now we have a MASSIVE GIANT on the planet that has become the SINGLE SOURCE of much of the manufacturing in the world .....and EVERY GOVERNMENT IN THE WORLD HAS ALLOWED THIS TO HAPPEN.
INTELLIGENT PEOPLE know this is a very unhealthy situation. Every 'housewife" on the planet, once this situation is explained to them in 10 minutes, WOULD AGREE ....THIS IS VERY UNHEALTHY AND VERY UNWISE.
So, to ALL the governments around the world, who are ALL looking for ways to line their own pockets FIRST ....then take care of their own national business .....what are you going to do about ALL YOUR CORPORATIONS AND THE PRACTICE OF "OUTSOURCING"?
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The popular "my country first strategy" does not really apply to every one, especially not to those export oriented countries like Japan, Korea, Germany, etc. Those countries depend on foreign market way much more than their own domestic market.
like... china.
@@pedrolopes3542 china is just a developing country.
It ain't mature yet. Trade will be small part of it after it reach the level of japan or Germany.
Now think about import dependent countries like the US and UK.
yeah soon will be nothing to export but hey slava ukraine
@@pedrolopes3542 no because China is self-sufficient and the WORLD’s manufacturing base. They’ll just simply be incredible abundant in the domestic market and foreign markets will have nothing to consume…
If a country wants to be independent of any country, it must have sufficient resources and technology, otherwise the so-called non-dependence is empty talk.🤔🤔😜😜
The key learnings from the current situation are:
- Do not have dependencies with oppressive regimes, whatever colour, wherever on the globe.
- Seek for stronger economical ties with countries who are standing on a similar political platform.
- Keep a minimum level of core capabilities in the own house.
@@krollpeter you think European are the only one who defends democracy...!!???
@@krollpeter For example Vietnam? Last time I checked Vietnam is still communists and most factories in Vietnam are Chinese owned. lol.
No country have all the resources they need, lithium from Chile, rare earth from China, gass from Russia. 100% self sufficient isn't a realistic target. The goal should be not being too dependent on a single strategic competitor, like Germany currently is.
@@krollpeter Well, is the $600 billion global infrastructure and investment partnership launched?😜😜
DW's two favourite topics: Russia and China.
Germany needs to end a lot of dependencies: politic and military dependency on the US, economic dependency on China and energy dependency on Russia.
Keen observation. Germany is a resourceful nation nevertheless.
Then where do they depend?
military dependence?
Russian tractor dodgers struggle against Ukraine. 🌲 🌲 🏃 🏃🏃🚜
Germany buys cheap energy from Russia to produce its products and sells them to China or elsewhere. In fact, there is no question of who depends on whom, everyone just divides and cooperates.
Don't limit this opinion to Germany. EVERY country is in the same boat. EVERY country is dependent on China ....thanks to corporations doing their outsourcing to China because of the cheap communist system ......BECAUSE OF THE COMPARATIVE HIGH INTERNAL COSTS IN THE MODERN COUNTRIES .......BECAUSE OF UNIONIZATION ........BECAUSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS.
There is a much bigger picture that needs to be dealt with ......and it is simply NOT going to change no matter WHAT anybody decides to debate about .........for the one purpose of creating and trying to win or influence an argument.
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as a sport player without good results, as a student without a degree, wonder what will she bring to germany as a foreign minster, maybe the dead end of volkswagen?
Germany does not have enough electricity so Germany needs more electric cars.
Oil is also a scarce resource for the time being.
sorry germany is still exporting electricity to other EU member states and oil is no problem at all. Gasoline prices are already stabilizing at pre war conditions. Gas is something else though.
The German foreign minister is talking rubbish about China
Has she been to China to see for her self
So without china market, the earth stop rotating?
@@yaorichard7476 yes
They don't want to be blackmailed, then why are you blackmailing Russia with sanctions.
Decades ago there was a German regime that thought the same:
Despite soaring energy prices that threaten the stability of the country, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said she would continue to support Ukraine “no matter what German voters think.”
Baerbock made the remarkable comments during an event in Prague yesterday organized by the NGO Forum 2000.
I sometimes feel there is serious social risk being taken in Europe.
She is told what to think and say by the WEF, pro Ukraian,Israel, US ,
Compete, Collaborate and Confront China whereby EU or US deem fit. The Chinese will not dance according to your beat. In fact China will continue
progressing with or without EU or US.
Yes, this is the delusional rant of a vacuous mind.
China economic in worst crisis leading bank halt the money sound about karma is the best.
how about first gain some independence from the US..huh?
So if you can beat USA. Then it maybe possible. But I am not what is your point?
@@yaorichard7476 EU should get out of NATO killer machine run by top dog USA. This is where real independence begins.
You can't ask a slave to be independent when the master has boots on their neck!!
"You are developing a new China strategy to reduce dependence on China. How serious are you about this strategy?"
"Very serious, otherwise it wouldn' t make sense making a strategy. If you are not serious about a strategy you shouldn't make one!" 🤣🤣
She really cracked me up! This woman is fantastic, she is no BS.
That was impressive huh? She didn't answer the question, it was a total dodge. His premise weas how serious can your strategy be, if you are still heavily dependent on China and haven't actually changed anything. ITs all talk, which is what Baerbock does, she puts out fluff, its all BS. How much integrity can a person have who lied on their resume and CV for years and only corrects it when she is exposed during the national election for Chancellor. And we weren't talking about a typo, she lied about where she worked and what positions she held. No BS? She is all BS! LOL . But I get it, you agree with her, therefore she is good! LMAO
@@thesixth2330 Wow! so much spite you have against her that confirms me that she is what Germany needs.
@@renatob9909 She is.
@@renatob9909 You base your entire contrary belief based on one person? With people like you Germany is lost.
@@edgarvonboltzmann7465 and what makes you think that with people like you Germany is safe? Likewise l can say the same about you.
France said to US : we are not your vassal, we are right to think of our country’s interests !
Germany to US: 😢master, hold my slave collar, please!
This is a woman who speaks over a man when he tries to interrupt her.
What a refreshing scene to watch.
Thank you for this DW
Thisc has nothing to do with gender. Journalists in interviews interrupt to challenge public figures who might be evading more directly addressing the question. That's holding public figures accountable.
As for public figures, if they are good, they will resist attempts to pull them away from message.
I really don't know why you insist on seeing this in gendered terms. They are professionals. Thats all.
@@Beeoriginal33
Indeed.
Interesting.
I love ballsy German women, then lol
@@rodrigorosatoalves most probably ur a green voter
@@rodrigorosatoalves She is no different from any other narcissistic contemporary female ... talking rubbish and believing she is very important .... hence the schizophrenic German foreign policy
Yes, I noticed as well 👏🏻👏🏻
Germany may be serious about ending dependency, but ALL of their options will take years to come to fruition. In the meantime, don’t cut the branch you’re sitting on.
Yes this lady should speak less about china right now. Work silently result will speak
This is a leader of the green party. Destroying Germany is on their agenda, because they hate Germany.
German government and EU is acting: They cut down strategic energy supplies HOPPING that the renewable energy can be build up simultaneously. Allready this has forced a lot of trouble. Gas is needed to secure the change of the energy sector at least the next 20 years.
And now WE (EU and Germany) are cutting of our gas supply from Russia and blaming Russia to have done this.
Too late, they were obviously walked into sanctioning Russia blindfolded.
I am rather disappointed with the German. I always admired them for being good with plannings.
She will be toast in 6 months to a year. And so will the Greens.
I love the way that the interviewer can come back and re-ask the hard questions. Full marks to the foreign minister to be able to field such interviews in English.
Sorry to tell you, but that's not really an interview. More like Agitprop. A journalist of state press (DW being the chapter to further the German image and bring German viewpoints to international viewers) asks a member of said state previously agreed on questions, for obviously prepared answers.
But it seems to work. Everyone who has heard a good bunch of hours of Mrs. B talking freely in German and esp. English knows this.
@@masaokakihara9316 It sounds like she's been rehearsing the answers for weeks on end to me as she'd forgotten to breath a nber of times
@@smufer8 does it matter as long as she believes in what she is saying .
@@masaokakihara9316 DW is not state press, it's funded by the taxpayer. You're just spouting nonsense.
@@k.k.8394 DW is a corporate tale-spin factory paid buy taxpayers through the government!! In Germany you have to pay a mandatory €20 or €25 dollar monthly fee whether or not you listen to radio/tv. The biggest scam ever invented to suck from the public tit!
DW is absolutely System conform in their “reporting”, it used to be a reputable objective media network but this days are looong gone!
Germany "nobody can blackmail us"
Russia "hold my vodka"
I seriously don't think Russia want to blackmail Germany, Russia don't gives s**t about them now, because the future business of Russia will focusing towards the South and East.
Wow! The bots are here in force and chirping, chirping, chirping. She must be on target-- a hit bird flutters.
The more bots the more desperate are these kreml fascists 🤣
We will win over these fascists and till then we laugh about this flock of uneducated sheep.
Let me guess, everyone who thinks like you do must be a real person, while everyone with a different point of view has to be a bot right? 😂
At 9:57 she claims Germany must stand up for it's values. So how exactly are the values different from Russia and China? So tired of this rhetoric.
I am smarter and stronger than Putin.
And smarter than Xi.
And I am just a man.
They have freedom, rule of law, freedom of speech, asmebly and to privacy and democracy. They don't have that in Russia or China.
yes,for the next twenty years, strict reciprocity with autocracies.
Talking about ending dependency, how about become politically independent first?
I know the us should do the same thing
This was painfully obvious years ago, but the beancounters said it was cheaper to buy from overseas. Corporations were happy to close factories because it saved money and reduced the power of organised labour. Environmentalists liked it because it offshored pollution and emissions to somewhere else out of sight and out of mind. National security arguments were condemned as racist and xenophobic, and where was a security threat going to come from anyway when the West was so powerful and dominant. It was always going to take a hard shock to wake the West up from its complacency and the shocks have finally arrived.
Agree.
Very good point, the west power are now facing harsh reality
It's odd that you get cheaper supply and then you found that the should-be-low-profile suppliers getting development too... oh, it's bad if we lost competitive advantages and the moral ground balabala... you have patents and have all high tech holds on hand, and there soup to others should be more plain....
ABSOLUTELY.
Corporate/Corporations. Save money, labor is TRASH/disposable. She swallowed hard when China came up. The BIGGEST recipient of corporate greed. German car companies STILL opening up facilities in China, so if China invades Taiwan (seriously doubt it) Assets are confiscated.
Did you even listen to the interview? 19:50
the strange vision on a blackmail word. I saw the demands and threats only from western side but neither from russian or chinese. it's like an alcoholic complaining that the vodka is bad and blackmailing him.
The world does not live in an island but an interdependent village.
You're designing a strategy to reduce your dependency on China & Russia and you think that China & Russia won't do the same, The measure you give is the measure that you receive and the Chinese are surely analysing this quite and will respond in kind, the day's when one side does something and the other side sits there and do nothing is gone, both Russia and China are out to look out for their interest and that is not going to change anytime soon.
Wow you're so insightful. China wants more influence and autonomy? That's crazy.
one would think that western leaders have come to understand that we are no longer in colonial times yet they keep behaving as if this is so...
you obviously don`t have a clue about the chinese econmy. It`s centred around the western markets. Their dependency on the west is much bigger, and china knows that, that`s why they don`t support russia openly, that`s why china abstained on the votes in the UN.
@@David-ej1ps Too many Americans & Europeans need a good physiatrist!
@@Teatime-qe2lj dependency is mutual and therefore cannot be taken as one sided, Europe needs the Chinese market more than China needs the European market given the differences in population size, because obviously you can't keep 1.4 billion people in the 19th century they will need to consume basic commodities, so it's a huge market for an industrial power like Germany and the German foreign minister can't come out on camera to tell you this, you just need to figure it out yourself.
what if US invade Iraq, or Afghan, or Syria? Will Germany sanction them? or you just sit on your hands and doing nothing, or even join them?
You can ask any country to do what you Desired or liked. BUT, that is a country decision, which may not meet your expectations. So...... you wanted the world runs like a way you like.... sorry buddy,,,, who are you???? Nobody!
Germany lost 500 soldiers in Afghanistan war.
Good luck Germany for standing up for your nation against Chinese misbehaviour,
but be prepared for an unfolding multi-faceted trade-based nightmare.
they are not doing trade - just handing over tech , factories and assets
I hope woke " Germany" will eventually disappear
@@rog2353 Are you 5 years old?
Chinese misbehavior? China bailed Germany out in 2010 because the Social Democrats requested it. China bailed out most EU nations and the USA.
There are several reasons that China has an advantage 1) they have protectionist economic policies 2) they have a Marxist Leninist philosophy which makes them resilient to economic downturns. During the Great Depression the USSR did not go through an economic downturn because their industry was not traded in stock markets. ( called state capitalism)
Western Corporate capitalism can‘t compete with this. All they can do is warmongering and CIA sabotage.
@@el4369 I don't if he is 5 or 6 years old. But I am sure that he thinks those German CEOs are.
Weird how when the US invaded Afghanistan and Libia, international law was conveniently forgotten. Was the US ever sanctioned for what they did there? Was anyone tried in court? I don't think so. Correct me if I'm wrong. If the international law is so important it should be upheld at all times, and not only when it's convenient to a selection of countries. I don't condone invading countries, I don't care who does it. It's wrong.
so true.this conflict was grossly provoked by Ukraine and certain nato countries,mainly US,UK and Canada with insider access provided by Poland and Lithuania .
These creatures are racist
Can someone remind me what China did to Germany recently for Germany to be picking a fight with China Now, instead of focusing on Russia? I mean, is this really the time to be encouraging China to go "Screw it, imma gonna side with Russia right now"? I Absolutely agree with the 'reduce dependency' thing but giving China plenty of warning in advance before you even have a concrete plan is maybe not the smartest way to go.
They hack and steal on a daily basis.
The west is just panicking and making enemies left and right, the same Iran they alienated is now in bed with Russia.
Germany is trying to commit economy suicide, we Chinese wouldn't care.
And you give a plenty of warnings to Russia to completely cut off from their gas supply once you are ready, to punish them. Will they sit idly waiting for the punishment?
Its just empty phrases politicians repeat to fill up a norm.
EU dependency on cheap production and row materials is solvable and already in the process.
First , production in China is not so cheap anymore (Average Chinese worker is better paid than Bulgarian) + high transport expenses.
Second, China is moving away from "sweatshop of the world" strategy.
But that doesnt mean dependency is over , because China became market for EU products with biggest potential in the world.
Sounds like the last 30 years of cheap good is coming to a end.. Guess if we though inflations bad we are going to see more
Better than sending Russia more money
expensive goods will trickle down to other areas. people do change their opinion after their life affected by the situation: increased price but wages unchanged, not to mention their purchasing power reduced by inflation.
Blame that to the US, unlimited printing money, and transfer their own inflation via USD to the entire world.
@@SilentSeventh paying rubles for Russian energy .😜😰😰
@@tj92834 Better late than never.
Imagine if Australia will say “What will Russia do when Spain takes Barcelona? ”
This is how absurd the US position is
about Taiwan being part of China that the US has recognised since 1949.
"well traveling is always good" 🤣
That's quite a way to deflect a questiom
when it comes to Ukraine aid, germany is far behind. facts.
Far behind? Far behind what lol? That's not a fact, that's some vague claim by some clown on youtube
Are the European looking to isolate china and Russia? This will end bad for Europe. Europe will end up isolating itself not the other way around.
I as a European I'm sick of dealing with these illegitimate authoritarian regimes ,they are just organised crime ,i'd not deal with any of them .like i would not deal with the Mafia
This is their default mindset. Unfortunately cooperation based on mutual benefits is not part of EU or US thinking. They should learn from how the BRICS countries deal with each other.
@@bobkelly3162 fortunately sometimes democratic ideals are valued over making money, the BRICK countries are all authoritarian regimes ,all sitting on power that is not theirs to have .
@@bobkelly3162 nice little sock account Bob , pay good ?
@@sausage4mash Sorry, I don't understand...
Another interesting observation, when question on why India not being supported on Ukraine at around 17:00. The answers go to China is injust. Do you guys really feel how prejudice it is for China? Because China is bad, so the reason India did the same is Chinese fault? It is not the way of figure out problem and solve it. It is just polical blaming game.
Yes. China is evil. People of china will pay for it.
Not blackmail it's simply tit for tat. It is sanctions for sanctions.
It is an interesting interview.
Germany foreign minister talking about ending dependency without mentioning Germany dependency on the US.
All EU members that are in NATO killer machine run by top dog USA need to get out of there to gain true independence.
Because she has a brown US nose.
Wow! Smart woman who is leading Germany to the new global reality. One to watch.
This woman has air between her ears..
TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE! Deutschland IS DOOMED BY DECADES OF FLACCID LEADERSHIP!
Thats no the role of Germany. We trade with everybody.
@@throughput6674 😶👀😶👀😶👀
Lolz!! You have pretty low standards!! And..She is just vomiting American script!!
As a chinese, I really dont know what we should say. we provide hard labor, valuable products, earn little profits, and never invade other countries. And we are treated as world's enemy. you get rich and complain relying on us so much.
Because they are racist
Don’t worry china is not an enemy. The problem is not that you work hard and make products (everybody does), the problem is that you are not governed democratically like Taiwan but you are a dictatorship, and it is not clear what we can expect from a dictatorial government that controls and rates it’s citizens and their information. You also benefit from free market and freedoms in other countries but do not grant this at home - a Chinese person can own a business here, but a European cannot own a business in China. They need a local partner. And even if they could, your system is not governed by the rule of law. It is too late that the West noticed that by supporting China and buying from China we are growing a rich dictatorial threat, so that’s why it’s stopping now.
"not invade other countries" - where did tibet go again?
@@MrDonosoi Tibet has been part of China since Tang Dynasty, 1400 years ago. You Europeans don’t know history of China and have been ill brain-washed about Tibet and 13th Dalailama .
@@noodleppoodle How much do you know about China when you're talking about "dictatorship" "not governed by the rule of law". How many policies or trial cases have you read through other than those cherry-picked, broadcast distorted by Western media? Chinese government works for the common prosperity of the largest part of its people, not only riches and elites of the society. Do you know how much living standard has been improved during the past decade in rural area of China? Do you learn any Chinese to understand what's in the mind of Chinese people and government before saying "not clear what we can expect"? Chinese got rich primarily because of their competitiveness in global market. No one coerced you to buy things made in China.
You don't have to depend on Russian energy (if you can find energy source that is at reasonable cost) and at the same time, you are more dependent on US' military (to which you can not get rid of). Which one it more detrimental to Germany's long future as a independent state?
This is why the EU is building an integrated European defence and why all European have upped their defence spending (finally) give it 5 Years and the Eu will be as powerful militarily as it is economically. The facto independent of outside forces.
Germany is not dependent on US military. Germany is a colony of US military.
Germany like Japan has a massive US military presence in order to stop a resurgence of German and Japanese military power that could threaten USA unipolar world order.
@@dutchuncle3310 You think America will allow that. No way.
@@dracoboomin6511 whats their decision in that? USA might be a hegemonic superpower trying to span its influence all over the world since the end of WWII but thats all for it. If the USA would have so much power to decide for all european countries why weren´t they be able to stop Germany from building AND finsihing the North Stream 2 Gaspipeline though the USA was furiuos about it? Putin himself killed that project at last though...
@@JohnSmith-bq2ut Thats a different matter. The ND2 didnt have as much of a strategic threat to US influence in Europe as compared to a joint European army. What would happen to NATO, being the cash cow of US MDC. A European army would mean more focus on European made weapons potentially limiting the scope of US weapons. Furthermore a European army could mean that US military influence in Europe would no longer be required which would be a strategic threat to USA. Also what is a nationalistic individual heads this European army and is willing to challenge the US for hegemony. So many strategic threats that the US would not allow. Happy for us to share views with no name calling.
Currently, it seems like the joke is on EU when US, India, China n even Saudis r buying from Russia n re-selling to Europe. Russia becomes the world supplier, Americans jacked up prices for profit margins to middlemen. Saudis saved costs of production n still profit big time. World largest oil trader… US, UK. INDEED, Germany is blackmailed.
India resells processed Iraqi oil.
Don`t forget the US blackmails Germany and a lot other countrys more.
@@snifferking4330 No it doesn’t, and also the US banned russian oil, and never imported much anyways.
When a country depends heavily on another country and she wants to be independent to this country, she should do it secretly until a workable solution is out.
However, the current Germany, she just threatens Russia, but at the same time hopes Russia won't mind and continue supply. It is just not a normal person thinking. IMO, Germany is actually controlled to commit suicide. The real enemies of Germany actually aren't China nor Russia.
The current politicians in Germany should be investigated.
@@gio-ko7kf banned?
Even new Hollywood movies are still playing in Russian theater. American still selling movies there and you think they will bann cheap oil😉😉
As serious as ending dependency on russian energy.
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Unfortunate Foreign Minister Baerbock is not the German PM. Excellent interview, direct and relevant questions. Terrific and informative presentation.
I don't understand why she is so overestimated. It is obvious that she has no experience even in live. She looks nice and learns by heart not with even feeling .She knows maybe how to make her own career by punching in a naive way. 🤗
Now this is how i picture a german lady, as french i would vote her as my European leader.
It is surprising she is childless. Perhaps that's why she is in politics ..... being equally infertile
And all cost goes to the European consumers that has no say when the subject is to help their masters in Washington keep their global monopoly!
Good luck!
@@acidbot666 Hopefully the Europeans have learned not to trust Russia again. They've operated without Russian resources before and will do so again. Temporary inconvenience to avoid long-term control by a despot.
I think Europe is doomed when stupidity becomes popular.
@@acidbot666 well, like my French European collegue I agree entirely. People need to learn to pay a little more for their freedom. I have stopped buying Chinese products and look as much as possibile to EU products.
16:20 One can also make the same argument for Yemen here, that US made weapons delivered to Saudi Arabia have taken more Yemeni lives than the ongoing Ukraine war. DW doesn't cover that conflict as much as it merits.
Sadly nobody does. But that civil war is terribly complicated. Also Russia and Iran back the other side, not just the US and the Saudis.
The war in Ukraine started 5 months ago. In 5 months Eastern Ukraine has seen the level of destruction it took 5 years to get there in Yemen. Don't know wnat exactly you want to achieve by comparing the 2 conflicts. One is in Europe at the border of 4 EU countries, the other is more than 1000 km away from Europe. Is it really shocking to you that Europeans are more involved with a conflict that's on their doorstep?
16:56 So by the same logic, do we say Germany is taking the side of Saudi Arabia & America by not speaking on the Yemen War. Also, "we do not see the arguments" does not mean "US war on Iraq was wrong", let's not be hypocrites about this. Germany rarely says anything about Chinese aggression along the LAC, and DW usually reports on the issue as "oh, two right wing hot heads are at it again", this should mean Germany supports Chinese aggression, should it not?
Remember that DW has to follow the script written for it by Washington, and cannot deviate from that narrative.
Possible Jaisai, but the attitude of Iran supporting Yemen Houtis is clearly antagonistic with the values of the international order. Let's compare Russian activity in Ukraine with Iran activity in Yemen :
The Russian Federation would like to recover the Soviet "colonies" that regained their independence after the fall of the USSR, because it believes that the USSR had the status of a unitary state and that NATO illegally "recovered" them (assuming that NATO is a colonial empire and not a military co-ordination organization).
This is exactly the same reasoning that the Russian "federation" uses with regard to the self-proclaimed republics of southern Ukraine: it is a question of carving up a sovereign state piece by piece.
Iran's attitude towards the government of Yemen in its support for the rebels is based on the same "Russian" reasoning and is not in line with the principles of territorial integrity set out in the United Nations Charter.
The question is: will you end dependency before dependency ends you? it does not look promising for the German people.
They want to benefit from trading with China and yet want to contain China at the same time. They are racist, neocolonialist, white man supremacist mentality
At least she did not declare war on China 😂... maybe later? German people have to kick her out.
This is the worst interview I've ever seen. This reporter is impliyng many scenarios which have not taken place. Also, he is forcing the minister to say what HE wants to hear. Sad.
they are like that ! veilled in 1000 sheets mofos
If minister speaks what a reporter wants, you should rather question her competency. Or maybe she is just being a woman
Baerbock is awesome.
I agree with you on her looks, she is the perfect Barbie Doll action figure from the Klaus Schwab groomed polit creature collection.
@@ernstwiltmann3918 I think that shows how shallow/simple you really are, and by extension it illustrates how mentally handicapped all the Russian conspiracy theorists are. I hope you feel good for repeating Russian and Chinese buzzwords without knowing what they mean.
Because she is an attractive woman at the same time, should not be a negative.
And to call her a Barbie doll is laughable. There is NO bimbo about her, nor her appearance
@@lisbetsoda4874 Neither her looks nor her competence in politics is really liked in Germany.
The Greens were only voted for Habeck - not her. She was „tolerated“ at best.
@@lisbetsoda4874 Barbie does not automatically imply Bimbo.
Klaus Schwab rather looked for someone with a high media appeal to sell his and a few other Philanthropist Movers, Neo liberal agenda, not necessarily someone versed in History, Geography, and Diplomacy. He was comfortable with Baerbock cheating on a range of skills, as long as she would carry the global elitist narratives.
No one can blackmail you ? The U.S. occupies you.
Baerbock is leftwing pretty much like Bismarck was leftwing.
‘If you are silent you’re taking the side of oppressor’ in that sense Germany took side of the US by not helping Iraqis!
Okay back to the call center now
Gernany: Euro declined, Inflation soaring, economy shrinking, outlook negative, high unemployment aporoaching.
Approaching* 😶👀
And freezing winter 😜
7:33 lol “China invades Taiwan”. When defending national sovereignty now is a war crime? What a joke.
Defending national sovereignty... That's the problem. Why don't live in peace, China has enough land to live on. This geopolitical thoughts will never end wars until the humanity is destroyed. Is it worth to get Taiwan and after that all people on earth are dead because of a possible war. And believe me the next big war will be something humanity never seen. May be the last one.
Germany's resolute refusal to be a true partner powerfully supports the argument for American isolationism.
And the U.S.'s resolute refusal to allow European countries to be truly independent and sovereign supports the argument for modern American colonialism.
OMG she just nailed every question by giving the appropriate diplomatic answers.
Best of luck Germany 🇩🇪🤞🍀
Yes and soon Germany will rename coal the "Greta-stone"
She has a semantics-semiotics-discernment issue.
yes but she was nervous talking on DW because DW is an SPD BEAST
Blackmail Germany Sanctioned the backside off Russia .. it's getting cold out there.. 🇷🇺 Zz 💤 Zz
This minister would have been drilled in responses to interview questions, everyone of these very obvious questions would have had a set response prepared and rehearsed.
The reality is that Europe will not be self sustaining in everything. That is the reason for international trade.
Exactly, no one is. That's the idea behind globalism, stronger together.
I don't like that some think we should do a total 180 on this and all try to be totally independent with everything.
Blind trust is a mistake, but everyone for themselves can't be the answer either.
I am quite surprised that most people here don’t understand why Germany companies are not willing to exit China, but rather increasing invest there. The market is there. The new purchasing power has been established there. It is not that factory with cheap labors so that Germany companies can produce with low cost. It is they want to be close to the future number 1 world market. How do you want a company to stay away from the strongest booming and future number one market? This idea is anti- capitalism and anti-human being logic
Great questions, great answers.
This woman's strategies seem to be standard answers w/o any real strategic policies at all. Like asked if US president changed to someone like Donald Trump, what would Germany do? Well, her answers are just text book response.
Trump is populist far-right: Proud Boys, charlottesville rally, right wing evangelical church, baptist church.
Annalena Baerbock is Green Party, most probably left leaning.
You can infer the conclusion from the scenario.
'support ukraine'. 'deter china' 'maintain moral high ground'....gosh...none of these real concerns abt real life of the german ppl... it is so sad to see some important political figure so out of mind...
The green party is working very hard to destroying Germany economy, no one other than the German people can change that, so we could just sit around watching like a comedian show 😂
Those all DIRECTLY affect the German people and all of Europe. You cannot even construct a proper sentence, be gone.
@@eveleung8855 but this show is really harmful and it is the german ppl are suffering... politics like this woman never really taste real misery from war.from hunger.from heatwave etc. and can speak without thinking...
@@fdrstan how? did russian attack germany? did china do anything abt germany?did some 'moral highground' ever generate bread on the table? why germany should stand up for these nonsence for the US imperilism?
In 2008 I studied German at Goethe Institut in Berlin. The Mediatek Center (library/study hall) was full of students from China - the first ones to arrive each day and the last ones to leave each night. Their education was, of course, government sponsored. China was very serious about creating good relations with Germany.
As was Putin who spoke German and had lived in Germany for several years before becoming president. Germany could have a really prosperous Eurasian Union, but instead chose to go the path of a US lapdog.
@@HaraldinChina Hi Harald. Do they teach history where you live in China? Ever heard of WWII? Germany's loss of WWII to the US and other allies might have something to do with their relationship. And Putin lived in Dresden where he worked for the Soviet KGB. Do you know what that was?
@@michaelcapeless3268 matter of fact, I do. Ich war auch schon öfters in Dresden, wunderschöne Stadt. Yes, West Germany was occupied by the US for 60 years, long after US troops should have withdrawn. That allowed them to install US handlers in all institutions and think tanks making Germany a cultural colony, incapable of considering itself an independent country.
@@HaraldinChina There's a little bit more to the story than just "West Germany was occupied by the US for 60 years". Something referred to now as "the Cold War" between the West and the USSR. It's true that the US troops stayed too long in the numbers they had.
@@michaelcapeless3268 Of course. I grew up in Switzerland, so I really know in depth how Germany feels about its guilt in WWII, and its gratitude towards the US liberators. Also the Marshal Plan was absolute genius in binding Germany emotionally to the US while showing the "systemic superiority" of the capitalist West over the socialist East - ignoring that the West profited from massive US investments, while the East had to pay reparations to the USSR. So yes, it's certainly complicated.
The simple reason the USA and the USSR were the only 2 superpowers is because they are self sufficient with natural resources and food
ahh that comes short. You are a superpower when you can project your power and influence successfully all over the world. Thats nothing to do with the resources in the first place. The US is doing this by combining their economical, political and most important military power to achieve this. The resources are only there to guarantee that this industrial-military complex is up and running smoothely.
Europe is in a trap, a big one! Energy + Military + Economy depends on Russia, US and China respectively. US in a deaf dialogue against both. Dark times ahead...but I really hope peaceful diplomacy to prevail.
And all those depend on EU. Problem is EU submissive behaviour.
Europe has to toll the line under leader USA.
Mutual dependency in all cases, but yes, EU should work towards more independence.
All happening is about Biden America influence and benefits America want through using Ukraine...the American administration during Trump administration was advised not to push Russia into the hands of China...it will be bad for the security of Europe...it was even better during Trump, and it has become wase during this administration of Biden...Russia Vladimir Putin has gone forever into China relationship, including the Arabic world..now because these sanctions, Germany will be in trouble economic and militarily...Germany was administration was sponsored by American to remove angel makel part from power because of friendship with Vladimir Putin...America have 5000 military personnel in Germany saying they are protecting Germany from Russia...but during Germany relationship with Russia, Germany lived well...they have no plan be for stopping war in Ukraine..this Germany new government will fall in the coming elections...they are fools without direction..they follow whatever Biden administration tells the..
@masakiton guba The way Russia is acting against Ukraine, we don't want a relationship with them anymore. The sanctions are to punish their actions. Long term they will hurt Russia more than the west. Think of it not as a bomb, but more as a slow-working poison to their economy. It's all we can do, since we can't go to war with them due to the probable escalation into nuclear war.
What a capable young woman. Hopefully she is successful and will be a force in politics for a long time.
You mean she can speak English. Which seems to be obligatory on all vassal states. She is certainly no Adenauer. And whether she remains a minister depends on what Putin does
She's not that amazing, she can't explain away that Germany is content to hand Ukraine crumbs compared to the contribution it could easily make. Shame. Unmitigated shame.
@@Futureshucks Well most of the german boomers seem to hate her. Probably because they also don't care about climate change and equality
@@Futureshucks That's ridiculous. Germany is putting it's own economy on the line. Perhaps Ukraine should be honest and stop trying to manipulate and start calling for negotiations.
@@sabinereynaudsf It's really not. Germany has only slightly altered course from the policy that allowed handed Putin the keys to the Crimea. Germany's prosperity has a price. The price is the lives of Ukrainian civilians. Anyway perhaps best to agree to disagree.
She should stock up on sanitary pads as the flow will be more severe and unbearable in the coming months!
“Nobody can blackmail us, only we can.”
The "international community" they are talking about, is just less 1/4 of the population left. And the Ukraine war isolated this Western "intermational community" even more.
Another Kremlin talking point 😄
Yes, hard landing in reality.
@@prosvet123 that explains why Russia is so eager to remove the sanctions 😄
It's less than 1/4. Somewhere around 1/8 only according to my calculations.
Ah yes, authoritarians usually think it's about mass, while liberals know it's about quality. That's a constant error authoritarians make since the Persians tried to conquer the Greeks.
Me. Baerbock is a great representative for Germany
She has a talent of avoiding strict answers, walking around and pronouncing a lot of generalized statements. Just give essential answer - No, we are not intended to loosen economic dependencу on Сhina's economy, moreover we are allowing our business even to extend those connections.
Yeah exactly, came across like blah blah from somebody who knows they are completely screwed. Great questions
Vietnam, California, india and Australia also have rare earth material reserve
for battery and renewable energy solar panels or windmill like China
Many parts of Africa as well, there has to be a way to get certain African countries known for poor worker/environmental conditions to improve conditions. Honestly with enough financial incentive I don’t see why they can have mines with standards in the same ball park as the US or Europe
China has created an ecosystem thats why thier industry does well many pieces they have built over time and end result u see
Rare earth reserves are everywhere. But processing is in the hands of a few.
With multiplied energy prices, German car companies will not have incentives to stay in Germany anyway.
They start to leave, also because of the ban of combustion cars by the EU. Only EU destroys itself and makes policies against their own peoeple. However people start to fight against this.
@@smftrsddvjiou6443 Nonsense. China made mandatory quotas for their car companies a decade ago and forced them to make and sell a certain percentage of electric cars. And now, they have a dozen or so manufacturers that makes world beating electric cars, and they will soon flood the markets like Chinese smartphones did. If anything, EU and Germany specifically was slow to react to the emerging reality that the electric era was upon us and there's no going back to combustion engines.
@@todtnau Nonsense. China just started to invest in combustion engines again, as they realize BEV are too far away.
@@smftrsddvjiou6443 lol WUT? Allow me to quote May 2022 sales charts for you.
"Plugin vehicles continue to be all the rage in the Chinese auto market. With the end of the covid lockdowns, plugins went back to the fast lane, growing 109% year over year (YoY). They scored over 403,000 registrations in May, hitting 31% market share for the first time."
"If electrification continues at this pace, Chinese market will be BEV-based by 2025!"
"China alone represented over half of global plugin registrations last month."
> "as they realize BEV is too far away"
RIGHT!!!! Just stop embarrassing yourself dude.
@@smftrsddvjiou6443 American Tesla and Chinese cheap electric cars will destroy German auto industry.
With regard to the German commitment to the Ukraine military aid by the US, EU and other allies, believe what you see, not what you hear.
The facts speak for themselves. There is 1 to 10-15 ratio of artillery shelling in Ukraine meaning for every one Ukrainian shell there are 10-15 Putin's... with this ratio it is just a matter of time before Putin succeeds. The reality Democrats in the White House as well as Germany, France, and Italy are cowardice and afraid of Putin....
There a lot of US politicians making a lot of money with wars!! The human rights, freedom & democracy bla bla is just a cover for their greedy actions!!
So, when are you going to close Volkswagen's factories in China and stop selling Audi, BMW and Mecedezs to China? Chinese like EVs now therefore it is about time for Germany Auto makers to get out of Chinese Market anyway. Please.
Dependency of Germany on the China market!
You know it's a good interview when the interviewee is annoyed by the questions
Yes, very well done on both sides.
some good questions but no follow up on her sketchy answers , so, meh
@@user-hk4sb8wu9f Yeah, he hardly made any effort to get actual answers on Ukraine aid. That was her biggest non-answer in the interview I thought.
All empty rhetoric. Can you find a single actionable plan?
Baerbock is just dump.
We need more Women like her,
Keep up.
The woman is as dumb as it comes and I can’t wait for the Liz Truss saga !
This German BBC reporter(DW) and the foreign German minister are very shallow. They say Taiwan is another country like Ukraine. But in fact UN recognizes Taiwan is a province in China.
The UN doesn't decide if a place is a country or not, it's decided by the facts on the ground.
@@Daniel-fv1ff Don't count on yourself. UN once had Republic of China its member state but afterward People republic of China has recognized instead. Nothing related to Taiwan province because China definition meaning is the whole China , not Shanghai , Canton or Taiwan.
Remember the US n its nato and G7 allies r imperialist n r still stuck with colonial ideology
@@alexlo7708 so was the people's republic of China not a country when the republic of China was recognised by the UN instead?
@@Daniel-fv1ff At that time, there was only Republic of China. The KMT party who solely represenst China then , was composed of right wing faction and leftist faction who is CCP(Now People republic of China). So all of them is internal domestic issue.
Check the ratio of debts of Sri Lanka
1 IMF 81%
2 ADB 9%,
3 CHINA 10%
Annalena Baerbock is amazing, seemingly very smart and certainly articulate. Our (USA) typical bush-league, cartoonish, attention seeking politicians should take lessons.
Ooooh youre so smart
She just seems fancy to you because she has the same kind of accent that the scientist had in the movies you watched as a child.
Trust me, I´m from Germany and can not confirm that she´s very smart.
@@jangroberde2822 is she smart or not smart?
@@jonathanjacob5453 She’s smart.
But nobody is blackmailing Germany. They are the ones who initiated sanctions. There's a cost to following the USA, just look at at the lives lost in South America over the last 70 years due to the USA. Germany and Europe will now pay the cost, Russia will be fine.
Germany never makes it to the news in China. Where is this from?
What is forgotten about all the time...
... is that those who suffer the most of any economic hardship, is the weakest of the weakest, namely the homeless and those who are close to homelessness
... living on the street is nowadays the most painful torture, on people's journey to death
It's totally incomprehensible to me why this is such an invisible topic
We would just have to put some cost-free hostels in place, and noone ever really needs to worry anymore about their bare existence
It would be such a cheap solution for the biggest pain in our society
Now
Thanks
depends on what country you are talking about. many countries already have that for homeless people.
@@hztgfghjzug2146
No country has this for homeless people
They only have emergency shelters
That means you have to leave at 7AM, you have to take your backpack with you all day long, and if you want to sleep there again, you will have to queue up again in the evening for a long time without any guarantee to get a bed again
That's no way of helping the homeless so that they can repair their lives
We need real cost-free hostels
Now
Baerbock 💚
"travelling is always good!" what a terrific answer!
She was brainwashed by what she read (seemingly)
Better than good. People who travel tend to grow out of any nationalist tendency. Get outside your culturally homogenous bubble, it'll be good for you.
Tough lady. We need politicians with a spine.
Wrt China, Germany TALKS but
does not WALK.