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EU foregin affairs chief Josep Borrell said videoconferences have hampered talks with Turkey (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

Borrell: EU doesn't need to choose between US and China

The EU's foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell said the EU does not need to choose between the US and China, but does need "strategic autonomy" to defend its interests.

"There is an increasing confrontation between China and the US. It is something that will frame tomorrow's world," Borrell told a group of journalists on Friday (29 May).

"We have to keep a certain degree of autonomy in order to defend our interests," he said.

"The EU is not neutral in that confrontation. We...

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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.

EU foregin affairs chief Josep Borrell said videoconferences have hampered talks with Turkey (Photo: consilium.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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