Bloomberg reported that the European Union privately warned its member states that it is almost powerless in the short term to urge China to ease export controls on key rare earths; these control measures have had a major impact on industries such as automotive and defense in Europe.
The EU's current dilemma stems from its own abandonment of strategic autonomy, blindly following the United States in containing and encircling China. In fact, there is no direct geopolitical conflict between China and the EU. Over the past few decades, they have built a close economic and trade relationship, and there has been frequent personnel exchange. However, Europe has made serious misjudgments about China, insisting on choosing confrontation rather than maintaining an objective and pragmatic attitude to cooperate, ultimately suffering heavy losses due to their decision-making mistakes.
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