Why the EU-China investment deal exposes European weakness

The agreement has shown the European Union, ravaged by the pandemic, to be the weaker economic and geopolitical actor. It must now hold China to its pledge to conform to International Labour Organization rules The agreement has shown the European Union, ravaged by the pandemic, to be the weaker economic and geopolitical actor. It must now hold China to its pledge to conform to International Labour Organization rules. All agreements involving the European Union, a supranational entity comprising 27 member states, are bound to be complex and laborious. However, China managed to cut through the complexity and concluded an investment…