China countered with retaliatory sanctions against selected EU entities, nongovernmentalĭomestic firms in strategic sectors. Policies that limit foreign investment and subsidize Sanctions imposed by the United Kingdom, Canada, and the Time has sought to increase market access in China for European firms and investors amid Chinese industrial In March 2021, the EU sanctioned four officials and one entity in Xinjiang under the bloc’s Global Human Rights Trade and Investment Asymmetries. Resolutions criticizing human rights violations of Uyghurs. National parliaments in several member states have passedĬhina’s use of economic coercion for political objectives. EU officials also have expressed concern regarding Officials have expressed concern about human rights violations of the Uyghur Muslim and other MuslimĪsymmetric trade and investment advantages for China, as well as China’s growing control of certain global supply Many EU and member stateĬoncerns over China’s industrial policies, which have led to Human Rights and Political Issues Economic IssuesĮuropean criticism of human rights and political issues in China, and China’s reaction to such criticism, has been aĪlthough many European policymakers seek to sustain or deepen economic ties with China, they appear to share U.S. Observers have described as a low point in relations. AnĬontend that China’s continued pressuring of LithuaniaĮxchange of sanctions in March 2021 stemming from EUĬould increase support for the proposed anti-coercionĬoncerns about human rights in China reflected what some Many analysts assess that the pandemic and other recentĬase at the World Trade Organization, and some expertsĭevelopments have further strained EU-China relations. Response, in January 2022, the EU initiated a trade dispute Inĭiplomacy” and “vaccine diplomacy” could build goodwill, Lithuania announced it would open an office in Taiwan. Notwithstanding initial suggestions that China’sĪnd European firms that source from Lithuania afterĬoronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) “facemask In 2021, China imposed a de facto trade embargo on Lithuania States could complicate its finalization or deployment. Standard setter, and its promotion of a governance model atĪmong other tools, but divergent views among member The EU is currently considering a proposed anti-įrustration with China’s trade and investment practices, itsĬoercion instrument that could allow the EU to respond as aĪspirations to become a global technology leader andīloc against economic coercion of a single member state,
Uncharacteristically sharp tone as indicative of mounting Policymakers have expressed concerns about China’s use ofĪlternative models of governance.” Many saw the paper’sĮconomic coercion to advance certain geopolitical Technological leadership, and a systemic rival promoting Partner with whom the EU needs to find a balance of interests, an economic competitor in the pursuit of Response to PRC Economic Coercion Some European Whom the EU has closely aligned objectives, a negotiatingīuildout of their 5G network infrastructure. In some cases exclude Huawei’s participation in the Governments have adopted various measures that limit andĬhina as “simultaneously.
Several EuropeanĮuropean Commission (the EU’s executive body) described concerns aboutĪnalysts contend could limit the ability of Chinese firms toĬhina’s global influence. Hardened and now mirror more closely U.S. Regulatory “toolbox” for 5G network rollouts that many
In recent years, EU views on China appear to have Additionally, the European Commission in December 2020 published a Sectors where China controls key supply chain inputs, suchĪs clean energy and pharmaceuticals. Well as interest in policy options for greater U.S.-EU Technology issues, including enhancing cooperation in Many Members of Congress have expressedĬouncil (TTC) to address a wide range of trade andĬoncerns about China’s influence in Europe and the EU, as States and the EU launched a new Trade and TechnologyĮurope. In September 2021, the UnitedĬhina) and the implications of U.S.-China tensions for In May 2021, following China’s use of economic coercionĮU’s increasing attention to the Indo-Pacific unfolds in theĪgainst EU member states, firms, and institutes.Ĭontext of transatlantic discussions about the direction of relations with the People’s Republic of China (PRC, or Supply Chain Measures. Player in shaping the international order.” The 27-member Partnerships in a region that is rapidly becoming “a keyĮuropean Parliament (EP) suspended ratification of the CAI The EU and China Indo-Pacific, published in September 2021, outlines anĬoncluded negotiations on a bilateral ComprehensiveĪgenda to expand economic, security, and politicalĪgreement on Investment (CAI) in December 2020, but the The European Union (EU) Strategy for Cooperation in the Updated FebruThe European Union and China
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