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WASHINGTON, April 17 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Emmanuel Macron’s recent warning that European countries could become “vassals” of the United States in a confrontation with China was unwise. But the French president is not the only U.S. ally wary about being drawn into a crisis over Taiwan driven by what he called "the American rhythm and a Chinese overreaction." The possibility of conflict between two nuclear-armed superpowers is not just terrifying. The economic turmoil of an all-out Cold War with China, an economy 10 times as big as Russia’s, would make the damage unleashed by Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine look...
