Trump chaos breeds better EU-China relations

As the US is increasingly becoming an unpredictable global player under the Donald Trump presidency - by ignoring international agreements and upsetting the rule-based world order - the EU and China more and more find themselves to be allies in wanting to uphold multilateralism in dealing with global issues.

But there is a level of unease between the EU and China: while the two global players increasingly need each other, the lack of trust persists.

That underlying dynamic was ...