As Europe rearms, can it decouple its military supply chains from China?

Europe’s defence industry would gradually reduce its reliance on China during the continent’s ongoing rearmament drive, rather than decouple completely, analysts said.

On Wednesday, during the Group of Seven summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, the leaders of France, Germany, the UK, Italy, the US, Canada and Japan signed a declaration on securing supply chains for critical minerals.

Without naming China, the leaders agreed to “significantly reduce” their dependency on a “single supplier outside...