#EPplenary debate today on #EU-#China relations: it is mistaken to divide the world into good and bad. We should not look into who is our potential enemy but who could be our potential partners.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GyoriEniko/status/1648384828063006720
Realpolitik should prevail: we do need dialogue & trade relations with China. By this we are not saying China is a democracy or a market economy. We should simply respect the realities & be pragmatic.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GyoriEniko/status/1648384830793457674
China has been our biggest trading partner since 2021 with a daily turnover exceeding 2.3 billion EUR. Our primary task should be to balance our heavy trade deficit.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GyoriEniko/status/1648384834111152133
I am wondering why the COM suddenly thinks that the #CAI that was praised 3 years ago is now economically problematic. CAI could level the playing field for EU companies in the Chinese market.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GyoriEniko/status/1648384837865095171
A pragmatic China policy without ideologies, focused on the interests of European companies, should be pursued. That is the interest of Europe.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GyoriEniko/status/1648384841665093638