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As the US steps back from global leadership, the EU and China look for their new spots on the world stage (Photo: ec.europa.eu)

EU and China move to fill US void

The EU and China are hoping to forge deeper ties in the face of an increasingly inward looking US at the first summit of EU and Chinese leaders since the election of US president Donald Trump.

Chinese premier Li Keqiang will meet European Council president Donald Tusk and European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker on Thursday and Friday (1-2 June) in Brussels.

As Trump seems to be taking the US out of the Paris climate accord and pushes for an “America first” protectionist...

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

As the US steps back from global leadership, the EU and China look for their new spots on the world stage (Photo: ec.europa.eu)

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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