The US courts China – while the EU pouts • Table.Briefings

Yang Jiechi and Jake Sullivan in conversation (March 2022 in Rome).

While Washington attempts to establish contact with China on many levels, Brussels is not really willing to talk to Beijing. Not even when the Chinese security advisor or the minister of defense are already in Europe for other meetings. This threatens to put the EU out of touch. Even within Europe, resentment is stirring.

This visit is indicative of a new constellation in the newly forming world order: On June 13, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met with his direct counterpart, Yang Jiechi. Yang is the architect of Chinese foreign policy in the Politburo. Sullivan and Yang met in Luxembourg: in the middle of Europe, within a stone’s throw of Brussels.

The US courts China – while the EU pouts

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