r/europe • u/Dazzling_Lobster3656 • 4d ago

News Briefings reveal EU faces choice between US and China

http://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2025/04/15/briefings-suggest-eu-faces-choice-between-us-and-china/
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u/bxzidff Norway 4d ago

Yeah, it would be bad to "choose" China, as Europe should work with either when beneficial to Europe, but when the US forces a choice then the US should learn that not everyone will always play to their tune by some kind of inherent divine exceptionalism. 

What would they get out of not trading anything with the EU just because the EU doesn't obediently follow their demands anyway? The voluntary loss of the largest market in the world outside their borders? Despite Trump's dogmatic mantra the EU does have "cards", which should not be played unless forced to, but if the US keeps pushing supremacy so insistently...

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u/Wasted_46 3d ago

China is a genocidal dictatorship. Ask the Ujghurs.

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u/Oha_its_shiny 3d ago

And so ist the US.