The latest trade deal between Brussels and Washington may deepen the European Union’s economic and security dependence on the US and increase the risks to the bloc’s pursuit of strategic autonomy, according to a senior Chinese diplomat.
Shi Mingde, who served as China’s ambassador to Germany from 2012 to 2019, gave his assessment of Sunday’s transatlantic agreement to academics and reporters at an event in Beijing on Tuesday to mark 50 years of China-EU relations.
