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Europe urgently needs solidarity on China

Marcus Chen
Managing Editor · Tuesday, November 10, 2026 at 12:30 PM · 1 min read
Europe urgently needs solidarity on China — Tokyo Business news

Last month, Germany’s President Frank-Walter Steinmeier left for his first state visit to China since 2018, while Chancellor Friedrich Merz took off for Singapore, Tokyo and Seoul on a tour meant to reduce German dependence on China. Steinmeier’s office let it be known he was travelling “as a European”. Earlier in October, Merz and France’s President Emmanuel Macron won the backing of fellow EU leaders for new trade weapons, including one that could, in extreme cases, shut a country out of...

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