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The EU has to do its own Chinese policy and excludes the FIESTA of Trump Administration, the foreign minister of Spain, such as Brusselels seeking to prompt the Washington allies at European allies.
Some EU chapters suggest that the US Barkish receiving Chinese in China to agree to President Donald Trump’s favor, but others warned Bloc’s control Economic Relationships with Beijing.
“Europe should make our own decisions, himself. And we need to decide whether China can be a companion and if China is a competitor,” José Manuel told the monetary time.
“We can have a dialogue in the country I think is our natural ally, United States. But Europe should take our own decisions,” he said.
A rift between Trump and Europe deepened in recent days after the Russian US president’s outreach and talking about Ukraine and its leader Volangmyr Zelenskyy. The Trump Administration also suggested that it obtain security guarantees from Europe and play Russia’s threat to the continent.
The 27 members of the EU member have no coincident position in China, but Bloc relations are restricted to Beijing’s trade and support for Russia in its war in Ukraine.
During Trump’s first term and even under his previous Joe Biden, the European Commission Commission and Key Presidency forced to take a more Hawkish stance toward Beijing. The BLOC marked by China is a “systemic opposite” in 2019.
But with a sign of a potential EU-China Thaw, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen early this month calling for a new effort to improve relationships and beijing.
Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister of SpainActively quitting Chinese investment, president XI meeting twice in Beijing over the past two years and making uncontrollable in some European chapters.
In October the EU imposes tariffs at 45 percent of Chinese electric vehiclesBut acting causes deep bloc divisions. Sánchez said in September that the plan should be “reponsidered” and Spain later avoided the key vote. Germany and Hungary vote against tariffs.
If China “can be with – we can take advantage of that”, Albares said. “If we can be a competitor, we need to protect our citizens and our industry.”
“We do not forget China, due to their demographic, size of their size, a permanent member of the Security Council, also important climate change, for example. So we should have one you engage. “
Another Senior Spanish officer says “We don’t pick sides” between US and China. But some EU allies are concerned about the socialist leadership government do not study China completely as other EU powers.
Madrid, concerned about the future of its automobile industry, enjoying two Chinese investments in lithium battery. Catl in China in December said it will build a € 4bn plant with stellantis in Zaragoza while AESC, owned by China in Cáceres.
Madrid is also eager to avoid exporting exports of pig products in China, which is more imported meat from Spain somewhere in the last year.
China officials often regret their European counterparts that are not sufficiently independent of their foreign policy from the US and seek to divide opinion of Chinese countries in China.
During a European visit last year, Xi gives praise to Chinese friendly governments in Serbia and Hungary, who received many investments in the Chinese industry.
Some Chinese scholars say Beijing can guard the EU members to launch attempts to change their country relationship, see such actions as a “hedging tactic” against Trump.
“This is a separate European pressure tactic against the American side: ‘If you push me so hard, I’m back in China. During the first Trump administration,” says Zhu Feng, Dean at School of International Studies at Nanjing University.
“I don’t think Trump Shock finally fully configure many power relationships. I think China will keep on a cool head,” he said.
