EU, China should build bridges, avoid trade war, says Spanish Prime Minister | The Straits Times (www.straitstimes.com)

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[-] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It would be great to have closer ties to Asia. The concern is the imperialist claims to Taiwan and the whole Xi dictatorship thing. We have already learned what trading with an imperialist dictator does to Europe after Putin. Just blindly jumping into a closer relationship with Xi without a carrot and stick and without building closer cultural ties to the Chinese, Tibetan, and Uighur people, will only backfire for Europe.

It's not a cold war, a trade war, or any sort of economic competition thing, it's just concern over the volatility and human rights issues of dictatorships.

As an aside, Sanchez is missing the fact that the EV tarriffs were implemented in response to excessive state aid by the PRC. It's not good for him to promise to drop the tarriffs without committing to more negotiation regarding the EU's concerns about state aid.

[-] nogooduser@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

As an aside, Sanchez is missing the fact that the EV tarriffs were implemented in response to excessive state aid by the PRC. It's not good for him to promise to drop the tarriffs without committing to more negotiation regarding the EU's concerns about state aid.

That is a pretty huge thing to ignore too. Without the EU imposing tariffs, China could shut down the EV industry in the EU. Without tariffs, any country could shut down any industry in another country unless the other country also provides subsidies.

[-] Floey@lemm.ee -1 points 1 month ago

Most politicians in the West don't actually care about humanitarian issues in China. That has almost nothing to do with why we don't play nice.

[-] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 6 points 1 month ago

Well I do, and I refuse to vote for politicians that support dictators. If everybody thinks like that, then even the most self-serving, jingoistic politicians have an interest in protecting human rights.

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