British Steel: Chinese sabotage, or self-sabotage?
How did British Steel get to the brink of collapse?
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Show Notes
The 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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