{"id":6895,"date":"2023-05-13T12:49:03","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T11:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=6895"},"modified":"2023-05-13T13:08:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T12:08:48","slug":"eu-and-us-ensure-collaboration-to-address-concerns-about-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/politics\/eu-and-us-ensure-collaboration-to-address-concerns-about-china\/2023\/05\/13\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"EU and US ensure collaboration to address concerns about China"},"content":{"rendered":"

BRUSSELS<\/span> (Reuters)<\/span> –<\/span> The<\/span> United<\/span> States<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> European<\/span> Union<\/span> will<\/span> meet<\/span> this<\/span> month<\/span> to<\/span> address<\/span> concerns<\/span> centered<\/span> on<\/span> China<\/span> over<\/span> anti-market<\/span> practices<\/span> and<\/span> to<\/span> coordinate<\/span> export<\/span> controls<\/span> on<\/span> semiconductors<\/span> and<\/span> other<\/span> products,<\/span> according<\/span> to<\/span> a<\/span> draft<\/span> statement.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>US<\/span> Secretary<\/span> of<\/span> State<\/span> Antony<\/span> Brinken,<\/span> European<\/span> Commission<\/span> Vice-President<\/span> Margrethe<\/span> Vestager<\/span> and<\/span> other<\/span> senior<\/span> officials<\/span> will<\/span> meet<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> Fourth<\/span> EU-US<\/span> Conference.<\/span> The<\/span> Trade<\/span> Technology<\/span> Council<\/span> (TTC)<\/span> was<\/span> held<\/span> in<\/span> Lule\u00e5,<\/span> Sweden<\/span> from<\/span> 30th<\/span> to<\/span> 31st<\/span> May.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>In<\/span> a<\/span> draft<\/span> statement<\/span> obtained<\/span> by<\/span> Reuters,<\/span> the<\/span> two<\/span> countries<\/span> regularly<\/span> address<\/span> non-market<\/span> practices,<\/span> economic<\/span> coercion,<\/span> and<\/span> efforts<\/span> to<\/span> disrupt<\/span> their<\/span> own<\/span> knowledge<\/span> of<\/span> strategic<\/span> rivals’<\/span> foreign<\/span> investment<\/span> support<\/span> technology<\/span> (indirectly<\/span> referring<\/span> to<\/span> China).<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> statement<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> two<\/span> countries<\/span> would<\/span> also<\/span> coordinate<\/span> export<\/span> controls<\/span> on<\/span> “sensitive<\/span> goods,”<\/span> including<\/span> those<\/span> with<\/span> military<\/span> uses,<\/span> and<\/span> semiconductor<\/span> export<\/span> controls,<\/span> but<\/span> said<\/span> China<\/span> was<\/span> mentioned<\/span> only<\/span> twice<\/span> and<\/span> that<\/span> could<\/span> change<\/span> before<\/span> the<\/span> meeting.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Brussels<\/span> said<\/span> it<\/span> sees<\/span> China<\/span> as<\/span> a<\/span> partner,<\/span> economic<\/span> competitor<\/span> and,<\/span> in<\/span> some<\/span> areas,<\/span> a<\/span> strategic<\/span> rival.<\/span> The<\/span> European<\/span> Union<\/span> plans<\/span> to<\/span> refocus<\/span> its<\/span> policy<\/span> toward<\/span> China,<\/span> recognizing<\/span> the<\/span> importance<\/span> of<\/span> working<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> more<\/span> aggressive<\/span> United<\/span> States.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> document<\/span> highlighted<\/span> China’s<\/span> medical<\/span> device<\/span> sector<\/span> and<\/span> said<\/span> its<\/span> trans-Atlantic<\/span> partners<\/span> were<\/span> considering<\/span> “possible<\/span> measures”<\/span> to<\/span> address<\/span> the<\/span> threat<\/span> posed<\/span> by<\/span> non-market<\/span> policies<\/span> and<\/span> practices.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>It<\/span> also<\/span> said<\/span> it<\/span> would<\/span> like<\/span> to<\/span> cooperate<\/span> in<\/span> efforts<\/span> to<\/span> counter<\/span> foreign<\/span> manipulation,<\/span> such<\/span> as<\/span> “amplifying<\/span> Russian<\/span> disinformation<\/span> coverage<\/span> of<\/span> China’s<\/span> war”<\/span> in<\/span> Ukraine.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> two<\/span> countries<\/span> also<\/span> said<\/span> they<\/span> were<\/span> committed<\/span> to<\/span> cooperating<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> G7<\/span> to<\/span> coordinate<\/span> measures<\/span> to<\/span> counter<\/span> economic<\/span> repression<\/span> such<\/span> as<\/span> trade<\/span> restrictions<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> EU<\/span> claims<\/span> China<\/span> has<\/span> imposed<\/span> on<\/span> EU<\/span> member<\/span> Lithuania.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The United States and the European Union will meet this month to address concerns centered on China over anti-market practices and to coordinate export controls on semiconductors and other products, according to a draft statement. US Secretary of State Antony Brinken, European Commission Vice-President Margrethe Vestager and other senior officials will meet […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[280,1766,2399,2409,2425],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download-10.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6895"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6895"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6897,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6895\/revisions\/6897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}