EU leaders personally stepped in to get China to take back their lives? The response from my senior management in person was very direct.
At first, the EU ignored China's opposition and insisted on pushing for tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, and also rejected China's proposal for negotiations. However, it was only after the Chinese side actually took action that European countries realized the seriousness of the problem and began to call on China to resolve their differences through negotiations.
President of the European Council, Charles Michel
On October 11, during the Leaders' Meeting on East Asia Cooperation, European Council President Charles Michel held a face-to-face meeting with Chinese high-level officials.
Considering the recent unpleasant events between China and Europe, the atmosphere of this meeting is actually quite tense. However, in the press release issued by the Chinese side, the European side expressed a relatively positive position.
Michel said that the European side attaches great importance to the comprehensive strategic partnership with China and hopes to resolve relevant issues through dialogue and consultation to promote the economic and trade development of China and the EU.
At the same time, he also pointed out that the EU adheres to strategic autonomy and is willing to strengthen communication with China in international multilateral affairs and jointly address a series of global challenges.
As the leader of one of the three major institutions of the European Union, Michel is more pragmatic than von der Leyen in handling relations with China. However, it still cannot get rid of the traditional Western thinking, and while seeking to establish cooperation with China, it is still tempting to talk about the "rules-based international order".
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
Therefore, Michel expressed his "hope to resolve differences through consultation" while shouting "EU strategic autonomy", but if the EU really seeks strategic autonomy, it should deal with China in a rational and pragmatic manner, rather than following the United States.
The Chinese side has not failed to warn the EU, but the EU still goes its own way, ignoring the voices of its own companies and politicizing economic and trade issues.
Since October last year, China and the EU have held more than 10 rounds of consultations on this matter, and it can be said that the Chinese side has been patient enough.
However, the EU still ignored China's concerns and insisted on pushing for a tariff hike on China, and it was not until China announced that it would impose anti-dumping measures on EU imports of brandy, and the EU realized that the situation was not good.
Now that it has reaped the consequences, the EU wants China to take back its fate, how can it be so easy?
EU-China relations
In response to Michel's request, China has also responded, that is, it hopes that the EU institutions can take a correct view of China's development and formulate an objective and rational China policy.
China's high-level statement is very direct, and the EU might as well review its own behavior before making demands on China. In the final analysis, the current round of trade differences between China and the EU is due to the fact that the EU has a problem with its mentality and cannot accept that China is "ahead of itself", so there has been a deviation in the formulation of China policy.
However, development is not the exclusive domain of Western countries, and the path of modernization is not the only one that the West "exclusives," and the vast number of developing countries also have the right to pursue progress.
For the world, China's development is not only not a "challenge", but also brings huge opportunities.
The Belt and Road Initiative has promoted the connectivity between China and the world, and has also enabled the countries of the Belt and Road Initiative to have closer economic and trade ties and broader space for development, which is the real globalization and multipolarization.
China-Europe trains
All in all, multipolarization has become the trend of the times, and the practice of "small courtyards and high walls" by the United States and the West will not only fail to isolate China, but will also isolate itself. The zero-sum game will only intensify bloc confrontation, and the concept of mutual benefit and win-win results put forward by China will become more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.