The biggest takeaway from the reported discussions is that ‘trade policy and climate policy are growing increasingly intertwined’, but it’s still unclear whether European Union will risk hurting its relationship with China.
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Speaking at the virtual Davos World Economic Forum on Tuesday, the German Chancellor downplayed the US President s call for Europe to pick sides between the US and China. She said: “I would very much wish to avoid the building of blocs. I don’t think it would do justice to many societies if we were to say this is the United States and over there is China and we are grouping around either the one or the other.
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