Geopoliticization of trade - A new rationale behind the EU’s China policy? Ghent University
Since the adoption of the EU Global Strategy of 2016, most authors agree that the EU has reached a turning point, moving toward a geopolitical union. Indeed, the mission statement of the European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen in 2019 to lead a ‘geopolitical commission’ seems to affirm this perception of a pragmatic shift in the EU's external posture. This recent trend has opened up a significant debate within academic and policy ...