This morning I gave a lecture on the economic aspects of #EU-#China relations upon he invitation of @andrassyuin & @Kasonline. I quoted Timothy Garton Ash: the EU should preach less and listen more to its partners.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GyoriEniko/status/1656954650321616897
We have to decide: we want to cooperate along the lines of ideologies or rational economic interests. In my opinion, relations with #China don’t need to be a love affair. In order to maintain our competitiveness & to accomplish the green transition, though, we need to cooperate.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GyoriEniko/status/1656954652997439488
We shouldn't demonise Chinese investments. EU has numerous autonomous trade defence instruments that serve to filter out those investments that might hurt EU's interest and security. We have to use them in a rational way and not descourage all Asian investments.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GyoriEniko/status/1656954655392366592
EU should be united, economically and politically strong, abandon labelling its MSs and third countries, be quicker in concluding #FTAs and focus on its own interests, not on other's.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GyoriEniko/status/1656954657535582209