--- title: Decoupling from China would cost the West $23.6tn description: A new EY-Parthenon study estimates that fully decoupling the US, eurozone, and UK from China in critical industries would cost $23.6tn over 25 years — roughly... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/decoupling-from-china-would-cost-the-west-23-6tn-owdfcmfmt twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Decoupling from China would cost the West $23.6tn | daily.dev og:description: A new EY-Parthenon study estimates that fully decoupling the US, eurozone, and UK from China in critical industries would cost $23.6tn over 25 years — roughly... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/decoupling-from-china-would-cost-the-west-23-6tn-owdfcmfmt og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/OwdFCMfMt.png og:image:alt: Decoupling from China would cost the West $23.6tn og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Decoupling from China would cost the West $23.6tn **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A new EY-Parthenon study estimates that fully decoupling the US, eurozone, and UK from China in critical industries would cost $23.6tn over 25 years — roughly $940bn annually. The US faces the largest share at $13.7tn, comparable to the entire American AI infrastructure build-out. China controls over 60–80% of refined lithium, cobalt, graphite, and rare earths critical for chips, batteries, and EVs. Beyond the financial cost, replacing Chinese goods — which carry a 20–100% factory price advantage — would push inflation 1–2.5% higher in Europe, complicating central bank targets. Experts say a full decoupling is unrealistic; a partial, gradual retreat is the more likely path. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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