ANALYSIS: Chinese Premier Visits Europe as EU Proposes Economic Security Strategy

Chinese Premier Li Qiang (L) and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speak to the media at the Chancellery on June 20, 2023 in Berlin, Germany. Sean Gallup/Getty Images

News Analysis

Chinese Premier Li Qiang’s first diplomatic trip overseas took him to Europe last week, where he sought ways to de-escalate the Chinese Communist Party’s trade confrontation with liberal democracies.