September 24, 2012

Germany Trips Up Europe's China Plan

Ulrike Guerot, World Politics Review

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How to manage trade relations with China, with an eye toward achieving reciprocity, is the million-dollar question on both sides of the Atlantic. The question was on prominent display at the 15th European Union-China summit last Thursday, where the two economic giants once again agreed to avoid protectionism, at least on paper.

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