EU Leaders Harden Position on China, Move to Break Technology Dependency

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center, chairs the weekly College of Commissioners meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels on Sept. 28, 2022. Virginia Mayo/AP Photo

Leaders from the European Union jointly expressed trepidation last week about Europe’s increasing economic dependence on China.

The foreign policy service of the EU said in a prepared statement on Oct. 21 that China’s communist leadership should be considered a competitor that’s promoting “an alternative vision of the world order.”