Monday, 17 August 2026Europe · Analysis
Independent · Brussels & Berlin
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Geopolitics analyst specialising in EU-Asia relations, Independent analyst
A geopolitics analyst argues the August agreement makes the EU an auxiliary enforcer of American containment strategy toward Beijing, with clause 19 requiring investment screening and export controls mirroring US measures.
Brussels still operates from a 2019 framework that called Beijing partner, competitor and rival simultaneously. With Washington turning inward, the cost of that ambiguity is now measurable in a €304.5 billion trade gap.
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