Readers will know that I see Europe as the key swing entity in the long-term battle to contain Communist China. If Europe joins the US in boycotting Chinese goods and capital markets over time as the CCP becomes ever more hostile and militaristic then the battle is won before it begins. Rabo has a new report out that explores this relationship:
Tensions between the EU and China have increased considerably since end-2020
Sanctions have been imposed on both Chinese and EU officials, the ratification process of the CAI has been frozen, and the EU has taken a more confrontational stance, which China is trying to counter by playing ‘good cop, bad cop’