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The US courts China while the EU pouts

While Washington attempts to establish contact with China on many levels, Brussels is not really willing to talk to Beijing. Not even when the Chinese security advisor or the minister of defense are already in Europe for other meetings. This threatens to put the EU on the sidelines.

This visit is indicative of a new constellation in the newly forming world order: On June 13, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met with his direct counterpart, Yang Jiechi. Yang is the architect of Chinese foreign policy in the Politburo. Yang, on the other hand, had not scheduled a stop with EU representatives. They did not want to.

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