In worsening China-US dispute, what role should Europe play?

ALTHOUGH China and the European Union (EU) do more than a billion euros of business a day, the meeting in cyberspace between their leaders on September 14 showed just how far apart they are in political terms.

China’s pitch, as made clear in a Global Times commentary before the video conference, is that at a time when the United States is dismantling the institutional structure of global governance, it is urgent for China and the EU to join forces “to resist these dangerous currents.”