Building UK-EU Bridges: Convergent China Policies?

Summary:

Both the EU and the UK are struggling to exploit the opportunities that China offers while managing the risks that it creates. Meanwhile, the US wants its European partners to join it in containing the challenge that China poses. The EU and the UK have many interests in common. But can they co-operate more closely in formulating and implementing policy towards China, and finding common ground with the US? Both the EU and the UK have become more cautious in their dealings with China, but neither wishes to decouple from it. Instead, both want to find the right balance: trading with China and investing in it, but paying more attention than previously to national security and to avoiding excessive dependencies. There are internal divisions in the EU and in the UK over how tough to be. And both are under pressure from the US, which tends to see China mainly as a dangerous rival.

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ESO Records

CRS in focus: IF10252: June 2023: he European Union and China https://www.europeansources.info/record/the-european-union-and-china-2/

EPRS Briefings: 2023 G7 Summit: Preparing for a new global order? https://www.europeansources.info/record/2023-g7-summit-preparing-for-a-new-global-order/

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