Monday, July 23, 2018

Opinion: China is Europe’s business partner not a geopolitical competitor in Eastern Europe

During the last 16 + 1 summit in Sofia there much talk about the development of good relations with China. Ritually, speakers expressed the wish for strengthening relations, which should develop the EU’s poorest member states and regions. For their part, Chinese speakers offered assurances as to Europe’s significance for China. In view of the above, the European Union should be satisfied with the the OBOR initiative and satisfied the 16 + 1 cooperation framework. The problem is that Brussels is rather unhappy with China’s OBOR initiative, while none of the sixteen cooperating governments is thrilled.

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