British Steel: Chinese sabotage, or self-sabotage? | The Story
April 17, 2025
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as posted by the channelThe government has taken control of one of the last steel-making plants in the UK, after its Chinese owners threatened to close it. Some ministers have accused China of sabotaging British Steel to force us to import from China. But is that what happened? Or, when it comes to steel-making, did this country long ago sabotage itself?
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