Trump is pushing the EU and China closer. Is this a full reset, or just strategic readjustment?

By Gracia Abad Quintanal, Profesora Agregada de Relaciones Internacionales, Universidad Nebrija

The EU and China have, historically, had a complex relationship. This was encapsulated in the European Commission’s 2019 EU-China strategic outlook, which referred to China as both a “strategic partner”, but also an “economic competitor” and “systemic rival promoting alternative models of governance”.

Since the outlook’s publication, tensions have only increased between the two powers. More recently, disagreements over China’s responsibility for the origin…

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