EU-China Summit Preview

By Teeuwe Mevissen, Senior Macro Strategist at Rabobank

Summary

• EU and China ‘celebrate’ 50 years of diplomatic ties but (trade) tensions have been on the rise
• The upcoming leadership summit is not expected to significantly reverse this trend
• Still, both parties have an interest to not fully escalate and decouple
• China does not benefit from alienating two of its most important trade partners