Europe was built on the idea of shared prosperity and does not want to block the rise of any emerging nations. The EU will continue to engage with China wherever possible, while recalibrating its stance across values, economic security and strategic security.
The foreign ministers’ meeting of the Asia-Europe Meeting, in Madrid this year, aims to create an environment conducive to rules-based multilateral cooperation on global issues, from climate change and sustainable trade to conflict resolution from the Korean peninsula to Rakhine state.