Jiang says Europe's pivot from Russian energy to Qatari LNG is failing because Middle East war has now shut down that substitute as well.
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Russian Energy
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"...model was very good. It was this, you know, buy cheap Russian energy, make really good German cars, subcontract the labor to Poland, and..."
"...lot of trouble. Because remember, because of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Russian energy was sanctioned. And so Europe relied more on the Middle East..."
"...India, in Myanmar. We're also seeing the Ukrainians start to strike Russian energy infrastructure. So what what's happening right now is basically a war..."
"...also this war in Russia, which also absorbs a lot of Russian energy. So Russia doesn't have that much resources to spear to China..."
"...in the long term, where we are just completely reliant on Russian energy, so they can set prices, they can turn off the tap..."
"...viable right the european economy was basically based on importing cheap russian energy and then making manufactured goods for china and now they have..."
"...of things, like blow up the Nord Stream pipeline. They sanctioned Russian energy. They removed Russia from the SWIFT system. They froze $20 billion..."
"...Germany doing this? Because Germany is an industrial nation. And if Russian energy supply goes offline, if energy from the GCC goes offline, Germany..."
"...the possibility of economic collapse because it lost access to cheap Russian energy. It's also possible you have a civil war in Europe because..."
"...Middle East develops, then China will rely more and more on Russian energy. And from a Chinese geopolitical perspective, that can be dangerous in..."
"They told the Europeans never to buy Russian energy anymore. Okay. So the Nord Stream pipeline was, was blown up. The Americans and the..."
"...up. European leaders recently congratulated themselves for liberating themselves from, from Russian energy and gas and oil, sorry. And now, of course, we've also..."
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