Janka Oertel comments on recent EU Sanctions on China as well as the following countersanctions describing them as a game changer
Those voices that have been calling for transatlantic collaboration have been strengthened, while those calling for Europe to stand alone and dissociate itself from the U.S. have been weakened.
Janka Oertel considers the potential for a renewed EU-U.S. alliance after the recent souring of ties with China in the face of its counter-sanctions against European diplomats, parliamentarians and academics.
Even though the measures are still very limited, it is an indication of change in the EU’s perception of China, which has become increasingly apparent in the last two years or so
For Janka Oertel, German leader of the Asia Program at ECFR, the European Chinese agreement is primarily assessed on its geopolitical effects, not the ‘technicalities of the agreement’
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