Posted on 03/14/2019 7:38:47 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
In an "unexpected" move toward the U.S. view of things, the European Union had second thoughts about aligning with China.
The Wall Street Journal has the report:
In a sharp shift from attitudes just two years ago, when China was seen as a potential partner in maintaining global rules and institutions following President Trump's election, the EU's executive arm labeled Beijing an "economic competitor" in critical fields such as the development of 5G networks and a "systemic rival" politically.
The assertions, made in a European Commission strategy paper that could stir unease among China's allies in the bloc, put Brussels' approach toward Beijing closer to the U.S. assessment of China as a major strategic rival. Under Mr. Trump, U.S.-China ties have been roiled by trade fights, tensions over North Korea and Beijing's regional ambitions.
EU officials said European attitudes toward China had changed because of its failure to open its markets, its use of subsidies to create corporate champions, its actions in the South China Sea and its push for dominance in technology and telecommunications sectors.
"There is a growing appreciation in Europe that the balance of challenges and opportunities presented by China has shifted," the paper said.
It turns out all that China-love to Get Trump from Europe wasn't such a good idea.
More to the point, Trump was right all along about China and Europe is now coming around.
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Does the leader of France still want an army to defend against the US?
The EU will soon do something stupid again and this realization that they were wrong about China will soon be forgotten.
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A lot of countries are waking up to the threat from China.
The major trade deals that the Trump Administration re-negotiated with the EU, Canada, Mexico, Japan and Korea all have new focus on controlling communist Chinese trans-shipment of products and communist Chinese content.
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Poland has stated that they would pay for our bases to move from more expensive Germany to Poland. This would save money and since Merkle is buying oil from Russia instead of USA and 5G networking from Hauwai instead of reliable USA Cisco Systems we should move.
Merkel is a SourKraut. You can tell she came from East Germany. She has ruined Germany with all her Muslim invaders. She predicts a Muslim getting elected head of Germany in a few years.
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