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Europe Tries to Triangulate Between US and China

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Europe Tries to Triangulate Between US and China
A video screen displays French President Emmanuel Macron (bottom left), German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (bottom right), and Chinese leader Xi Jinping (top) attending a video conference to discuss the Ukraine crisis at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on March 8, 2022. Benoit Tessier/AFP via Getty Images
Milton Ezrati
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When it comes to China trade, part of Europe clearly sees an opportunity, but it is having trouble grasping it. Washington’s efforts to decouple American trade links from China have tempted some European commercial interests to fill the resulting gap.

Milton Ezrati
Milton Ezrati
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Milton Ezrati is a contributing editor at The National Interest, an affiliate of the Center for the Study of Human Capital at the University at Buffalo (SUNY), and chief economist for Vested, a New York-based communications firm. Before joining Vested, he served as chief market strategist and economist for Lord, Abbett & Co. He also writes frequently for City Journal and blogs regularly for Forbes. His latest book is "Thirty Tomorrows: The Next Three Decades of Globalization, Demographics, and How We Will Live."
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