How China’s silent coercion has Europe sanctioning itself
Beijing no longer needs to actively deploy economic coercion to shape Europe’s economic agenda in its interest
China
21
May
European Power
Briefing Online “From vulnerability to leverage: Europe’s defenses against Chinese economic coercion”
L’Ufficio di Roma dello European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) ha organizzato un briefing online dal titolo “From vulnerability to leverage: Europe’s defenses against Chinese economic coercion”, che si è tenuto il 21 maggio 2026 dalle ore 17:00 alle 18:00. Alla base del confronto c’era il policy brief “Beijing hold’em: European cards against Chinese…
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