EU trade chief says ‘no intention’ to decouple from China amid rising tension

European Commissioner for An Economy that Works for the People, Valdis Dombrovskis, looks on during an online news conference on European trade policy at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium February 18, 2021. Francisco Seco/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Shanghai, Sept 23 (Reuters) – The European Union has no intention to decouple from China but needs to protect itself in situations when its openness is abused, the bloc’s Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis said on Saturday. The bloc posted record bilateral trade with China last year, but it is “very unbalanced”, he said in a speech at…