Go hard on China! European hawkish politicians against China, Kalas, have pointed us out and made remarks! On December 16th, according to foreign media reports, the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kalas, claimed that China is increasingly weaponizing economic relations to gain political benefits. Today, the ministers discussed how to better utilize our trade arsenal to enhance Europe's resilience. No European country can stand alone against China.
Evidently, from Kalas' remarks, this politician means that the EU should unite to face us. However, this politician's attitude is very hypocritical. The EU is holding up trade barriers and sanctions lists as "weapons" to swing around, yet it accuses China of "weaponizing the economy"? This politician seems to have forgotten that Europe is still prohibiting the sale of high-end lithography machines to us, and continues to impose high tariffs on our new energy vehicles.
China's business with Europe is essentially free trade, mutual benefit and win-win, why does Kalas say it is "weaponizing the economy"? In fact, the one weaponizing the economic and trade relationship is not China, but exactly Europe itself. For Europe, our consistent position is that Europe is a partner, and the cooperation between China and Europe far exceeds the differences. However, Europe has been increasingly setting up trade barriers against us. Of course, if Europe takes a step back on China-related trade and economic issues, we will certainly counteract. Europe should understand one thing: if they provoke trade conflicts, we will definitely follow through to the end.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1851653813956746/
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