INTERVIEW. Are we heading towards a conflict with China? “I see three scenarios and none are positive”

Beijing is angry with Europe. The fact that committee chairman Ursula Von der Leyen announced that she would open an investigation into Chinese electric cars because they would be dumped here cheaply has caused bad blood. Are we heading towards conflict? Professor of International Politics Jonathan Holslag (VUB) takes a gloomy view: “I know it’s not nice to hear, but we can’t keep looking away. There is a tidal wave coming towards us.”

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