Original link: The Largest Steel-Producing Countries in the World / VisualCapitalist.
The West is behind in steel production.
And even though it is IT not steel production that is driving economical growth this century, then there is a military aspect. Steel is still important for war.
There is a difference between "we will send 10000 tanks to Poland/Taiwan for defense" and "we will write bad things about Putin/Xi on FaceBook"!!!!