China cosies up to EU as US tensions high

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China's foreign minister on Tuesday kicked off a tour of a Europe still reeling from coronavirus, as he seeks to shore up economic and diplomatic ...

China is looking to cosy up to Europe as the US presidential election heightens rhetoric. ROME: China's foreign minister on Tuesday kicked off a tour of a Europe still reeling from coronavirus, as he seeks to shore up economic and diplomatic relations in light of tensions with the US.

Allies have worried that China's"Silk Road" will destabilise smaller countries by overloading them with debt, boost China's power, and allow key technologies and trade secrets to slip into Beijing's hands. China's President Xi Jinping signed billions of euros of trade deals with Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte in 2019. Di Maio said the latest agreements covered natural gas from Snam, Europe's biggest pipelines operator, and the export of"Made in Italy" food products to China, as well as"important partnerships in the energy and transport sector".

 

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