Ursula von der Leyen parla con il premier cinese per il commercio ed evitare ulteriori escalation “
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> EU’s von der Leyen speaks with China’s Li Qiang on trade and ‘avoiding further escalation’
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> European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen spoke with Chinese premier Li Qiang about “the responsibility of Europe and China … to support a strong reformed trading system” and push for “a negotiated resolution” to current trade disruptions.
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> The EU’s readout said she stressed “the need to avoid further escalation” after a heated exchange of words between Beijing and Washington on potential extra tariffs.
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> She also “emphasised China’s critical role in addressing possible trade diversion caused by tariffs, especially in sectors already affected by global overcapacity,” the statement said.
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> Von der Leyen also discussed the idea of “setting up a mechanism for tracking possible trade diversion and ensuring any developments are duly addressed,” and “recalled the urgency for structural solutions to rebalance the bilateral trade relationship and ensure better access for European businesses, products and services to the Chinese market.”
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> Finally, the two leaders spoke about Ukraine, with the commission president “emphasising that any conditions for peace must be determined by Ukraine,” as she “invited China to intensify its efforts to contribute meaningfully to the peace process.”
The EU is actually behaving like the adult in the room, trying to limit consequences for European companies and citizens by prioritizing negotiations over immediate tariffs. I know that seems like an unpopular opinion in today’s political climate, but I like this approach.
I would be shocked if China backed down as they (the population) is much more resistant to “taking a hit” compared to EU. I think there is even a saying in china regarding this and it goes something like “swallowing the bitterness” for the mid and long term goals of the CCP.
Financially this makes a lot of sense. But I think we should be wary of cozying up to China too much. We don’t want to replace one bully with another.
Thats a terrible idea, China is known to be notorious for forcing trading partners to prioritise them over anyone else. If the EU wants to deal with China, it needs to do it as part of a larger agreement so China can be forced to back down.
Even in the current climate the US under Trump is still the lesser evil.
Why? Because and deals we make with them will be used to dump their overcapacity to our markets. And destroy our economy in the process.
Plus: they would use those deals as leverage once they invade Taiwan. It‘s literally the same as with Russia after they invaded Ukraine.
Didn‘t we learn from that mistake?
“Peace in our time.”
Trump will see it as weakness and just push for more.
Let me translate for everyone here:
China has a bunch of excess stock that they will not be able to sell to the US so they are trying to convince the EU to take it.
Since the US has to date been absorbing the vast majority of the world’s trade deficits their sudden removal of themselves from that role is going to create a lot of excess capacity.
There is a real risk of a cascading trade war right now. Either that or the EU industry is going to get swamped.
Now try that with orange.
Courting China is a mistake.
Before people start cheering on these news, let’s remember that China is in no way shape or form a “better” partner than the US, even with Trump. I mean, tariffs on EVs are there because China was doing illegal price dumping, for a start. And China is generally a fascist autocracy that bullies its way around the world and does not respect international law.
Let’s just hope the EU can work for its own actual interests instead.