At a late July summit celebrating the anniversary, the EU asked China to stop supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and stop flooding European markets with subsidized exports. China said no. Bridging those differences would require either that the EU capitulate and accept huge damage to its security and economic interests or that China change its relationship with Russia and its overall economic and trade policy. Neither is impossible, but neither seems likely for the foreseeable future.
fredag 10. oktober 2025
Midlife crisis as EU relationship with China has turned 50?
The fiftieth anniversary of formal ties between the European Union and China has highlighted the differences between the two on fundamental security and trade issues.
At a late July summit celebrating the anniversary, the EU asked China to stop supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and stop flooding European markets with subsidized exports. China said no. Bridging those differences would require either that the EU capitulate and accept huge damage to its security and economic interests or that China change its relationship with Russia and its overall economic and trade policy. Neither is impossible, but neither seems likely for the foreseeable future.
At a late July summit celebrating the anniversary, the EU asked China to stop supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and stop flooding European markets with subsidized exports. China said no. Bridging those differences would require either that the EU capitulate and accept huge damage to its security and economic interests or that China change its relationship with Russia and its overall economic and trade policy. Neither is impossible, but neither seems likely for the foreseeable future.
