The European Union is set to make a major concession to China after a series of calls between European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Chinese President Xi Jinping, which could present a

Europe appears to be shifting its gaze from west to east, as leaders lean towards China, who have recently been accused of an act of 'hybrid warfare' to undermine the West, for trade agreements rather than aligning with America's President Donald Trump.

It also acts methodically. On April 9th the bloc agreed on its retaliation for Donald Trump’s steel and aluminium tariffs, imposed on February 10th. How to answer his subsequent car tariffs and capricious “reciprocal” tariffs will be decided later, illustrating another rule: one fight at a time.