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David Andelman writes that President Biden's first trip abroad to meet with G7 and NATO allies puts the US trans-Atlantic relationships to test after four years of tension with the Trump administration.
The EU investment deal is on ice, vaccine diplomacy in Central Asia, Beijing’s view of Belarus, the end of the 17+1, and Serbia’s drone program.
The nearly completed Nord Stream 2 pipeline is backed by Angela Merkel, but her time as leader ends later this year.
After Chinese Sanctions, EU-China Investment Deal on the Rocks Posted by John Chan | May 5, 2021 A little over four months after the European Union hastily signed a landmark investment agreement with China in a move hailed by Beijing as a diplomatic success, efforts by the E.U. to ratify the agreement are now reportedly on hold. The E.U. trade commissioner announced the pause on Tuesday, reflecting a rapid decline in sentiment towards China and following a bitter sanctions feud in March that saw Beijing target European ambassadors, politicians, and academics in response to E.U. sanctions on s...
fba8f272-accf-11eb-9c9f-63ba12e765d1_image_hires_004439 China topped the agenda as the G7 foreign ministers met in London on Tuesday with the world’s major democracies trying to reaffirm their global leadership in the face of Beijing’s increasing assertiveness. The coronavirus pandemic and its geopolitical fallout meant the event took place in a different world compared with the last such Group of 7 meeting in 2019, with China’s role in that world a key concern. Accordingly, it was the first item on Tuesday morning’s agenda and – in a sign of the importance the world’s leading eco...