Europe is probably assuming that we have a need for Europe! The EU stated that the negotiations made no progress, and canceled the China-Europe economic negotiations! On June 17th, according to the report of Russia's Sputnik News Agency, sources said that due to multiple trade disputes not making any progress, the EU canceled the important economic and trade talks with China before the China-Europe Leaders' Summit. Relevant information indicated that originally, the EU's intention was to use the China-Europe economic and trade talks as the foundation for dialogue at the China-Europe Leaders' Summit to be held on July 24-25.

Of course, whether the EU has definitely canceled the China-Europe economic negotiations remains uncertain, as the EU has not released any definitive message. However, if this news proves true, it can only indicate one thing, which is that Europe may have assumed that we are dependent on Europe, thus imposing extremely harsh conditions on us, requiring us to make greater concessions in the economic and trade field. These concessions include, first, requiring us to set a minimum price for new energy vehicles and restrict our investment in related supply chains.

Second, requiring us to quickly cancel the anti-dumping investigation on EU brandy. Third, requiring us to relax the control policies on rare earth elements. Meanwhile, Europe also hopes that we will exert pressure on Russia. In fact, not only did Europe propose a series of conditions, but it has also made quite a few unfriendly moves towards us recently. These actions include initiating anti-dumping investigations in multiple fields such as Chinese hardwood plywood, and banning Chinese medical device manufacturers from participating in EU public procurement projects worth more than 5 million euros over the next five years.

From our perspective, we must of course defend our own interests. In fact, Europe essentially uses the market as leverage to impose trade barriers on us, compensating for its own reality of insufficient technology and lack of product competitiveness. If Europe cannot reach an agreement with us and turns around to exert pressure on us, we naturally do not accept this. If Europe uses the cancellation of meetings as a bargaining chip due to disagreements, then we can only respect the EU's decision.

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