"A Model of Domination, Dependence and Blackmail": Why Ursula Von Der Leyen (Re)tape on China?

Marianne

Lean Left

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While China-EU relations seemed to have calmed down, after the two sides had agreed to negotiations to avoid a trade war, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, had, against all expectations, in mid-June, at the G7 in Kananaskis, Canada, chosen to shoot redball at Beijing.