China is locking in European dependence on its technology by sending thousands of workers to build cutting-edge car battery factories that the continent needs to breathe new life into its auto industry.
The large-scale movement of labour, which has echoes of the dispatch of Chinese workers to construct infrastructure in Africa, underscores big gaps in Europe’s skills and knowhow in electric vehicle batteries.
The starkest example is a lifeline from China’s CATL, one of the world’s most advanced battery makers, which plans to send 2,000 workers to build and fit out a €4bn battery plant in Spain in a joint venture with Stellantis.
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