The various points discussed by the European trade ministers and representatives at an informal meeting in Nicosia on Friday 20 February are part of the current drive to open up trade partnerships around the world, in the face of the might of China and the United States. They are also discussed in the context of the opposite narrative, referred to as the “protectionist” narrative, which consists of developing the EU’s industrial base by advocating ‘Made in Europe’.
China. At the...