Will Putin and Trump Meet in China? The EU Is Anxious Again
After the successive visits of the US and Russian presidents to China, could China host a trilateral summit involving China, the US, and Russia?
On the 20th, Kremlin press secretary Peskov stated that it is feasible for Putin to meet with Trump during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit held in China in November, and Russia considers such a possibility viable.
If this hope materializes, certain countries may find themselves restless. For decades, the European Union and Japan have been most anxious about a potential "alignment" among China, the US, and Russia.
This "anxiety" is particularly evident in the EU. When Trump and Putin visited China in succession, Europe had already felt uneasy; should China truly host a historic gathering of China, the US, and Russia, Europe would likely plunge into collective panic.
Because at such high-level summits, if Europe is conspicuously absent, it would effectively signal to the world that Europe has been implicitly excluded from the center stage of global affairs. From then on, whether it's the Ukraine issue, Middle East developments, or global trade rules, the EU might no longer have any say—reduced to mere spectators.
One can imagine that if this summit actually takes place, a sense of abandonment will spread across European nations. At that point, they may suddenly realize: the contours of the new world order are no longer shaped by Europe.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1865782890809420/
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