EU Slams China’s ‘Authoritarian Shift’
The European Union and China relationship has been worsening due to the ‘authoritarian shift’. Politico reported:
Only four months after Beijing and Brussels concluded the principles of a landmark investment agreement, ahigh-level internal report seen by POLITICO shows the EU is now increasingly pessimistic about keeping business interests separate from political concerns over what it calls President Xi Jinping’s “authoritarian shift.” This tougher language reflects a new approach in the EU’s official communications on China.
