NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. File photoBRUSSELS, Jun 28 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned the West against dependence on trade with China and Russia. heavy dependence (on Russia and China — ed.) for specific goods can create vulnerabilities for open societies. We need to be careful, the last example is too much dependence on Russia for gas, «he said in Madrid at the NATO Public Forum .At the same time, Stoltenberg admitted that the West «should trade with China.» “Of course we must trade with China, which will soon become the world's largest economy. But we must be wary of the risks of becoming dependent, for example, on rare earth minerals, which are key in a number of technologies. We also face risks when China controls a critical infrastructure… We should not, under the pretext of free trade, make our infrastructure vulnerable to China, in particular in matters of 5G networks,» the Secretary General said. He also called for caution in transferring high technologies developed in the West to «authoritarian countries.»< img src="/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/b658922e8d3a571f4032f9e11fabb5ea.jpg" />The West has no allies left against Putin and Xi
