The United States will seek to force the European Union to choose between the US and China on trade, according to briefings circulated to senior ministers and officials after Tánaiste Simon Harris’s meeting in Washington last week with US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick.

  • huppakee@lemm.ee
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    26 days ago

    Trump: dump china if you want to be my friend

    EU: no thanks

    China: Finally, I’ve wanted to be friends for so long

    EU: no thanks

    • WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      26 days ago

      That would certainly be a good way to play it.

      But really- the EU doesn’t want to alienate China too much, because the time could easily come when having China at their back is the only thing that saves them from being spit-roasted by a US/Russia alliance.