Borrell Asserts EU Needs Own China Policy Separate From US
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- Borrell Asserts EU Needs Own China Policy Separate From US
by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell reiterated on Friday that Europe should have its own policy on China which is separate from the US. “I think that yes, we, Europeans, we have to have our own way of facing China. On the EU-US-China triangle, we are closer to Washington, certainly, but we have to have our own way and we are working on that,” he said at an event hosted European University Institute in Florence.
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The fresh comments echo controversial statements of French President Emmanuel Macron issued in April wherein he told the press after a state visit to Beijing to meet with President Xi Jinping that Europe must have “strategic autonomy” and not merely become ‘America’s followers’.
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Borrell on Friday was also cited as saying, “I think we should not be against the rise of China. China will become a great power, like it or not. The important thing is how China will manage its power.”
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He further took the opportunity to weigh on China’s “12-point peace plan”, first published and circulated in February. He called it “not a peace plan” but said it expresses “wishful thinking.” On this, he reflected the Western and Washington consensus:
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