The push for a united front on China from the German defence and foreign ministers comes after the launch of a new US-Europe forum to discuss China-related issues, with the first talks to be held next month. It was announced following a phone call between US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his EU counterpart Josep Borrell on Friday.
Calling herself an “Atlanticist”, however, German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer on Saturday suggested building a “newly strengthened Western trade alliance” in response to Chinese practices. “As a leading export nation, we Germans see with great concern how China has positioned itself on international trade issues,” said Kramp-Karrenbauer, the outgoing chairwoman of the ruling Christian Democratic Union.
“I would expect the post-[Angela] Merkel China policy, irrespective of who will succeed her, to offer a more critical perspective on China,” Huotari said. “Washington sees the great strategic challenge of this century in the rise of China, across all party lines. The next US administration will therefore also redirect political and military capital there,” Maas wrote in the Welt am Sonntag newspaper.
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