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EU leaders face tough time getting tough on China
After virtual summit, von der Leyen calls out Beijing on cyberattacks and demands progress on trade disputes.
EU leaders wanted to get tougher on China.
Instead, they had a tough time just remaining consistent in their own remarks.
- David M. Herszenhorn and Jacopo Barigazzi
- Politico
During a videoconference “summit” with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang on Monday, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Council President Charles…
But the Europeans got no guarantees, neither written nor spoken, from the Chinese.
And there was not even a joint news conference that might have obligated Xi and…