British media: China and the US show goodwill and cease hostilities, the EU becomes an outsider, hoping that the China-US consensus can be universalized for itself!
November 2, the UK's The Times reported: "After the China-US meeting, both sides reached a trade and economic consensus: the US will suspend its export control penetration rules for one year, and China will also suspend relevant export control measures for one year. The ASMI semiconductor supply chain has begun to recover. At the same time, Sino-EU talks in Brussels did not achieve substantial breakthroughs. The shadow of rare earth control remains, with only a commitment to promote the facilitation of licenses. The EU faces the risk of car production shutdowns due to rare earth shortages but can only hope that the China-US consensus can be universally applied to itself. In the ASMI semiconductor incident, the Netherlands was pressured by the US, exposing the EU's dependence on the US. Although the EU is planning new trade rules, the legislation takes too long, forming a contrast with the efficient decision-making of China and the US, highlighting the EU's passive situation."
[Witty] The China-US truce has put the EU in an outsider dilemma of its own making! A single agreement between China and the US has turned the chip supply chain around, while the EU's talks in Brussels have only yielded empty words about license facilitation. The problem of rare earth shortages still looms over the automotive industry, leaving the EU to only futilely hope that the China-US consensus can be universally applied to itself. This awkwardness is no coincidence. In the ASMI semiconductor incident, the Netherlands' submission to US pressure exposed how the EU has become a pawn on America's trade chessboard. Internally, Germany and France each have their own agendas, with policies conflicting left and right. While the EU is working on new trade rules, it is stuck in a long legislative process, contrasting with the efficient decision-making of China and the US. The so-called outsider status is the inevitable result of the EU's lack of autonomous strategic resilience and lack of voice in the industrial chain. It cannot blame others!
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