The Strategic Autonomy of the European Union: The Proof by China?

In December 2020, the European Union signed an agreement with China to facilitate investments on both sides. This decision shows a certain willingness of the 27 to develop a diplomacy towards China that is independent of the United States. Is it a concrete proof of a European diplomacy that assumes its strategic autonomy and imposes itself as a geopolitical power?
Speakers:

• Zaki Laïdi, Senior Advisor to Josep Borrell, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission
• Stéphanie Balme, David Camroux and Earl Wang, Sciences Po Center for International Studies (CERI).

Chair: Christian Lequesne, Sciences Po CERI and PSIA.
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