
Macron in Beijing: Sticking With China
Not accepting that future conflict between the West and China is “inescapable,” the French president urged Europe to commit to maintaining trade with China.

Not accepting that future conflict between the West and China is “inescapable,” the French president urged Europe to commit to maintaining trade with China.

Implicit in the Chinese leader’s departing words, as his three-day state visit concluded, was the promise the world order would experience a shakeup not seen in a century.

Badenoch warned that the scheme would negatively affect global supply chains and confirmed that the UK would cooperate with the EU to frame a response to the Biden administration’s green subsidy plan.

While the cost of doing business in Europe has increased dramatically in the last year, the euro has also lost value against the dollar. The depreciation benefits euro-zone exports to America.

Politicians criticise Scholz for seeking a closer relationship with China. In a repeat of its mistake with Russia, Germany could become overly dependent on the economic giant, they warn.

Ukrainian grain will be shipped beyond Europe to countries, particularly in Africa, that need it.

Germany’s excessive energy dependence on Russia is not the outcome of a natural process, but rather the consequence of policies that have been irresponsibly made and artificially imposed.

Weak armies, illegal immigration, debt, energy dependence, and unbalanced trade are all undermining the European nation-state, argues Juan Ángel Soto Gómez.

Asian countries have long had a back-up system in place, independent of the dollar, for funding foreign trade. However, to date it has not been used for the financing of regular trade transactions.

For the first time in two years, the presidents of China and Russia met in person and used the occasion to reaffirm their shared vision of the future in a joint statement covering multilateralism, restriction of NATO expansion, and moving away from the U.S. dollar.