U.S. allies in Europe 'see the Americans being confrontational with China and they don't believe Europe can afford to be quite so confrontational,' a former U.K. diplomat says.
in July, he said China was working to"undermine free and open societies." But Merkel's first mention of China was to stress the need for"cooperation and also of competition."
And Rishi Sunak, the British finance minister, bemoaned in July how"the debate on China lacks nuance," calling for"a mature and balanced relationship" allowing London's financial services sector to tap a Chinese market worth $55 trillion. Though currently frozen, the very proposal of the E.U.-China investment deal dismayed critics who said it overlooked human rights and handed Beijing a divide-and-conquer win. In December, incoming national security adviser Jake Sullivan telegraphed U.S. disapproval on Twitter.
While the White House pointed the finger directly at Chinese intelligence agencies in July for the Microsoft Exchange hack, the E.U. merely said its origins were in"the territory of China."In 1960, the countries that would form the E.U. comprised a third of the global economy. By 2050, the bloc is projected to comprise just 9 percent,Beijing overtook Washington in 2020 as the E.U.'s largest trading partner.
Engineering equipment is prepared for export in March at a factory in China's eastern Jiangsu province.
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