Ambassador Fu Cong: “Europe will not become a vassal to China”
China’s top diplomat to the EU on sanctions, preventing a trade war and why Beijing won’t condemn Russia’s invasion.
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Britain’s Brexit divisions are re-emerging
This time, inflation is the battleground.
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Ukraine might win its war – but it won’t help the West’s wider struggle against autocracy
Led by hawks in the Biden administration, liberal democracies are stumbling into a commercial cold war with Beijing.
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Europe’s centrist parties let industry rot and society fragment. Now they’re being punished for it
In Italy, France, Germany and Britain, the flight of voters to the political extremes can be mapped on to neglected…
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The EU cannot afford to take sides in the contest between the US and China
Europe’s economy, dependent on global supply chains, is not built for Cold War-style relations.
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Brexit is to blame for Dover delays
Why won’t the Tories and Labour admit that it has become harder to travel to Europe?
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Germany has taken over Britain’s role as leader of the EU’s awkward squad
Olaf Scholz’s insistence on reopening the debate on fuel-driven cars was Cameron-esque in its pettiness and its short-sightedness.
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“It’s not only bees that will suffer”: why lifting the neonicotinoid ban is bad for business
Anabel Kindersley, owner of Neal’s Yard Remedies, warns the authorisation of a banned pesticide will damage Britain's reputation.
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