It is easier to finish off Europes‘ dying industry if we let them. Yeah, they aren’t going to be advocating to keep local industry alive, are they.
Krnu777 on
I hope China will not „weaponize“ its weapons it recently showed off with Xi, Putin and Kim watching in harmony and most cordial and ever lasting „friendship“. There’s no doubt, they play a long game and don’t even bother to hide it anymore.
i dont think theres any indications europe wants a tradewar with china.
SpiderDK1 on
Europe hopes China will not ‚weaponize russia’…
mapf0000 on
Maybe China should stop supporting a war against Europe.
Any-Original-6113 on
Europe should have an equivalent balance with China.
Otherwise, trade is not profitable for Europe and only leads to dependence.
From the words of the Chinese minister, it follows that China is satisfied that China has a huge trade surplus with Europe and does not seek to make trade more fair.
shaun2312 on
I don’t think Europe should follow Trump and weaponise tariffs. Let Trump be the only one, and everyone else can prosper
saturdaybinge on
China could really capitalise on the EU-US rupture to get closer to the EU. It’s beyond me why they’re choosing Russia over the EU.
GrixM on
Always irked me when people use the violent-sounding term „weaponize“ to describe some of the most peaceful tools that nations has access to for exerting leverage. It’s the opposite of weaponizing, it’s trying to *avoid* weaponizing.
CAElite on
I hope we do, China not only has a horrendous track record of how it treats its own people, but has been systematically attacking European industry for the last 3 decades.
The west should be united in trying to drive production home, just because the US went full retard and started attacking it’s allies doesn’t mean we still can’t act as a united front.
endeavour1923 on
Europe should get it shit together and weaponize its big market to force other countries to stop financing the war in Ukraine. Europe bought 560 billion dollars worth of goods from China in 2024, while selling only 220. While China have to diverse its trade due to US tariffs, Europe should threaten that „if you finance Russia’s war against us, then you should divert your trade to another place, maybe Russia“
EU has capability to do this both for India and China. Also force Turkey to take more sharp position against Russia.
EuroFederalist on
Now is a good time to buy gold if you haven’t done so already.
xithus1 on
EU hopes China will not ‘give weapons’ to Russia. There’s a lot of wishful thinking going around
Achmedino on
China has been weaponizing tariffs for years, what a laughable statement
Shirolicious on
Well, until not so long ago I would have had a bit more confidence that the EU would do what it takes to protect its own interests strongly and not buckle under pressure.
Now I am not so sure anymore.
helena-dido on
China just drags feet to win time. China just waits until it becomes stronger economically and militarily, until that it uses „divide & conquer“, to avoid united pressure from EU and US simultenously. And when it becomes stronger, EU will loose any leverage, will not matter what EU thinks or says anymore.
Independent-Day-9170 on
„Please EU, don’t weaponize tariffs and subsidies like we do.“
Leave A Reply
Du musst angemeldet sein, um einen Kommentar abzugeben.
18 Kommentare
It is easier to finish off Europes‘ dying industry if we let them. Yeah, they aren’t going to be advocating to keep local industry alive, are they.
I hope China will not „weaponize“ its weapons it recently showed off with Xi, Putin and Kim watching in harmony and most cordial and ever lasting „friendship“. There’s no doubt, they play a long game and don’t even bother to hide it anymore.
All of this [while China is forcing EU firms to shutdown](https://www.reuters.com/world/china/eu-firms-brace-more-shutdowns-due-china-rare-earth-controls-despite-summit-2025-09-17/) by holding back on Rare Earth Exports
i dont think theres any indications europe wants a tradewar with china.
Europe hopes China will not ‚weaponize russia’…
Maybe China should stop supporting a war against Europe.
Europe should have an equivalent balance with China.
Otherwise, trade is not profitable for Europe and only leads to dependence.
From the words of the Chinese minister, it follows that China is satisfied that China has a huge trade surplus with Europe and does not seek to make trade more fair.
I don’t think Europe should follow Trump and weaponise tariffs. Let Trump be the only one, and everyone else can prosper
China could really capitalise on the EU-US rupture to get closer to the EU. It’s beyond me why they’re choosing Russia over the EU.
Always irked me when people use the violent-sounding term „weaponize“ to describe some of the most peaceful tools that nations has access to for exerting leverage. It’s the opposite of weaponizing, it’s trying to *avoid* weaponizing.
I hope we do, China not only has a horrendous track record of how it treats its own people, but has been systematically attacking European industry for the last 3 decades.
The west should be united in trying to drive production home, just because the US went full retard and started attacking it’s allies doesn’t mean we still can’t act as a united front.
Europe should get it shit together and weaponize its big market to force other countries to stop financing the war in Ukraine. Europe bought 560 billion dollars worth of goods from China in 2024, while selling only 220. While China have to diverse its trade due to US tariffs, Europe should threaten that „if you finance Russia’s war against us, then you should divert your trade to another place, maybe Russia“
EU has capability to do this both for India and China. Also force Turkey to take more sharp position against Russia.
Now is a good time to buy gold if you haven’t done so already.
EU hopes China will not ‘give weapons’ to Russia. There’s a lot of wishful thinking going around
China has been weaponizing tariffs for years, what a laughable statement
Well, until not so long ago I would have had a bit more confidence that the EU would do what it takes to protect its own interests strongly and not buckle under pressure.
Now I am not so sure anymore.
China just drags feet to win time. China just waits until it becomes stronger economically and militarily, until that it uses „divide & conquer“, to avoid united pressure from EU and US simultenously. And when it becomes stronger, EU will loose any leverage, will not matter what EU thinks or says anymore.
„Please EU, don’t weaponize tariffs and subsidies like we do.“