EU Suggests Limits on Its Approach to US-China Rivalry

  • New paper warns against being drawn into zero-sum game
  • Europe must manage risks from China’s rise, draft says

Josep Borrell, vice president of the European Commission

Photographer: Valeria Mongelli/Bloomberg
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The European Union should avoid being drawn into a zero-sum contest between Washington and Beijing as it works to manage China’s rise, according to a draft paper by the bloc’s foreign policy arm.

The bloc has been struggling to get on the same page on how to approach China, with some countries beginning to push for more strategic distance, including new limits on exports of technology to Beijing.