`America First` Trump Play Opens Door for EU-China Trade Detente

by Dramelin 6:00 PM 0 comments

Donald Trump is forcing the European Union and China to decide how willing they are to set aside trade tensions that go back decades.
?There are still many obstacles to cooperation,? said Wang Yiwei, a professor of International Relations at Renmin University in Beijing and a former Chinese trade official in Europe.
Meanwhile, populist groups like Marine Le Pen?s National Front in France are running for election on an anti-free trade ticket.
The challenge, say trade officials, will be using those warm words to overcome knotty issues that have soured China-EU relations for years.
As the U.
S.
president pushes his mantra of ?America First,? German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese President Xi Jinping are taking almost every opportunity to affirm their commitment to free trade.