The Trump administration has engaged in an all-out war against Chinese technology and its exports to the US, with the President recently signing off executive orders against TikTok and WeChat.
The new Commission report on the rule of law in the EU has found that ‘there are serious challenges, cases where the resilience of rule of law safeguards is being tested and where shortcomings become more evident’.
The virtual meeting between top-level EU and Chinese officials on 14 September appears to be an ironic metaphor of the increasing distance in the relationship.