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US secretary of state Antony Blinken with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels on Wednesday (Photo: ec.europa.eu)

US takes aim at EU's Russia pipeline and China trade pact

The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline with Russia and the Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) with China are bad for Europe and for transatlantic ties, the US has indicated.

"The pipeline divides Europe, it exposes Ukraine and central Europe to Russian manipulation and coercion," US secretary of state Antony Blinken told press at Nato HQ in Brussels on Wednesday (24 March).

"We will continue to monitor activity to complete and certify the pipeline, and if that activity takes pl...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

US secretary of state Antony Blinken with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels on Wednesday (Photo: ec.europa.eu)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

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