DECRYPTION – The Chancellor covets the immense reserves of Chile, Argentina and Bolivia. It must compete with Beijing.
From our correspondent in Berlin
After the Gulf countries and Africa, Olaf Scholz continues his tour of energy diversification by closing, this Tuesday in Brazil, a five-day journey in Latin America. The objective of the German Chancellor is to secure supplies for German industry. In Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and South Africa, there was talk of liquefied natural gas and green hydrogen. In Chile and Argentina, the first two stops of the Chancellor’s visit, Berlin mainly covets lithium fields to run its electric car factories. The Chancellor was accompanied by a dozen business leaders, including representatives of Aurubis, a European copper giant and the energy company Wintershall.
In November, the German government’s special representative for climate policy, Jennifer Morgan, announced the color: “We are in the midst of a climate and energy crisis. We…
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