Author: Gracia Abad Quintanal, Profesora Agregada de Relaciones Internacionales, Universidad Nebrija

The EU and China have, historically, had a complex relationship. This was encapsulated in the European Commission’s 2019 EU-China strategic outlook, which referred to China as both a “strategic partner”, but also an “economic competitor” and “systemic rival promoting alternative models of governance”. Since the outlook’s publication, tensions have only increased between the two powers. […]