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For Europe to curb reliance on China, it needs an army of workers
Finding a new workforce is tough but retraining staff from industries out of sync with a net-zero world could help
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The problem is that so far reskilling has yet to really deliver at scale, says the writer.
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Lional Laurent
If Roald Dahl’s stories were rewritten with industrial policy in mind, Charlie And The Chocolate Giga Factory would be a European bestseller.
Nothing inspires childlike wonder among politicians like the manufacture of electric vehicle (EV) batteries and other critical technology across an area equivalent to scores of football fields. Governments shell out subsidies by the billions to win the golden ticket of greening the grid and onshoring jobs while reducing reliance on China.
