Donald Trump’s recent swing through Asia was punctuated by a ‘successful’ meeting with Xi Jinping, where the two leaders agreed to ratchet down tensions and call a truce in the trade war between the United States and China. But it would be premature to declare the end of what Americans call ‘strategic competition’. The superpower rivalry will lumber on, and Europe – like the rest of the world – will have to chart a course through those choppy seas.
As European leaders evolve their approach, a critical question that must continually be revisited is: what does China want from Europe? The reason why this is a difficult question to answer is that Beijing doesn’t necessarily have a clear answer itself.
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Donald Trump’s recent swing through Asia was punctuated by a ‘successful’ meeting with Xi Jinping, where the two leaders agreed to ratchet down tensions and call a truce in the trade war between the United States and China. But it would be premature to declare the end of what Americans call ‘strategic competition’. The superpower rivalry will lumber on, and Europe – like the rest of the world – will have to chart a course through those choppy seas.
As European leaders evolve their approach, a critical question that must continually be revisited is: what does China want from Europe? The reason why this is a difficult question to answer is that Beijing doesn’t necessarily have a clear answer itself.