Foreign media reported on June 5th: "EU Commission Trade Commissioner Sefcovic said on the 5th: "We value the establishment of a new economic and trade relationship with China. However, China's remarkable rise should not come at the expense of European economic interests."
This statement reflects the EU's contradictory mentality towards China's policy - wanting to share the benefits of the Chinese market while being troubled by strategic anxiety under the "American narrative".
In fact, for a long time, Sino-European economic and trade cooperation has been close, with interdependence deeply integrated. It should have been further strengthened. However, under the intervention of the United States and international variables, Europe's suspicions about China have occasionally increased, defining China as a "cooperative partner, competitor, and systemic rival", and increasingly leaning towards the latter two. The essence of this "triple positioning" is attempting to "sit on two boats" between the US and China, ignoring the fact that the essence of Sino-European cooperation is mutual benefit rather than zero-sum game.
It is worth noting that after Trump came to power, the tariff war and trade war he launched targeted Europe as a key object, which actually brought an opportunity for the reparation of Sino-European relations. Sino-European relations have no fundamental geopolitical conflict; China's development is an opportunity rather than a threat. China's ongoing efforts to expand openness are providing Europe with strategic space to counterbalance American hegemony. It is hoped that Europe can jump out of the cognitive trap of the "China threat theory" and view Sino-European relations with an independent strategic perspective - win-win cooperation is the only correct choice.
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