The Taiwan Strait Issue Is A High-voltage Line, And The EU Refuses To Sign A ...

The South China Morning Post in Hong Kong pointed out in its report that "the Taiwan authorities are trying to sign the so-called 'bilateral investment agreement' with the EU. It seems that it is difficult to make progress". Hong Kong media made the above statement on the premise that a number of EU officials pointed out in response to relevant questions that the Taiwan authorities should not dream of signing the so-called "bilateral investment agreement" with Brussels, because the EU has no intention of negotiating with the other side.
As is known to all, the Taiwan Strait issue is the bottom line of China's diplomatic relations with other countries. Any move that touches the bottom line will be countered by China using the anti-provocation tool box. Australia and Lithuania are typical examples. Therefore, although the EU is ideologically biased against China, in terms of bilateral economic and trade cooperation, according to von der Leyen himself, it is "unnecessary to keep consistent with the United States".
For the EU, China is its largest trading partner. Any act that damages the economic and trade cooperation between China and the EU is incompatible with its own economic interests. During his visit to the United States, European Commission President von der Leyen met with Biden and talked about the so-called "China issue". However, this does not mean that the EU will follow the US economic decoupling from China.
The statement of EU officials on the issue of signing the so-called "bilateral investment agreement" with Taiwan shows that Brussels does not want to touch the bottom line of China-EU relations on the Taiwan Strait issue. After all, the EU economy is now facing a difficult situation. The energy crisis and high inflation rate have had a huge impact on the euro area economy. The US-Europe industrial subsidy war initiated by the United States is dragging the EU economy into a darker recession.
In contrast, since China restarted the economic opening key at the end of last year, many economists around the world have been optimistic about China's economic growth prospects, and regard China's strong economic growth as a new hope to drive the global economy out of recession. The Taiwan authorities also want to sign the so-called "bilateral investment agreement" with the European Union. The South China Morning Post said that the officials of the Taiwan Foreign Affairs Department who attended the European Parliament a few days ago were "beaten in the face" when meeting with EU officials.
The EU is not willing to irritate China because of the Taiwan Strait issue, and the UK, which has suffered a huge economic cost because of Brexit, seems not ready to learn a lesson. According to the Global Times, a report to be released in London is expected to mention the so-called "Chinese Mainland's so-called deterrence against Taiwan". If it is true, this will be the first time that London has made this statement in its annual report.
In the case that the EU refused to make official contact with the Taiwan authorities, the British made such a "tough statement", which does not mean that London has the confidence or strength to make trouble on the Taiwan issue. On the contrary, an international expert told the Global Times that the British move was to cater to the so-called strategic purpose of the United States and promote the so-called special relationship between the United States and Britain.
There is no doubt that the London authorities first talked about the issue of the Taiwan Strait in their annual report, not because of the impact of the situation in the Taiwan Strait on British territorial political interests, but because of the role of "European microphone" of the United States anti-China strategy. Against the background of Europe's unwillingness to over-stimulate China, London is no longer a member of the European family, but for the sake of its own interests, its policy towards China has to keep pace with the EU on some key issues.
Therefore, Britain can follow the footsteps of the United States in ideology and bluff on the Taiwan Strait issue, but it is also careful to avoid provoking China. For this reason, British Prime Minister Sunak mentioned more than once before that "the importance of maintaining cooperation with China in many major areas". Therefore, although some Conservative politicians in the British Parliament asked the authorities to treat China and Russia as "the most important threat". However, British Sky TV pointed out in its report that Sunak is not expected to describe China as a "threat".
Like other major European economies, Britain is heavily dependent on the United States in security and political fields. However, in the fields of climate change, global health, trade and investment, cooperation from China is indispensable. As for the "tough policy" towards China recently demonstrated in London, some international experts told the media: now it seems that Sunak's policy towards China has returned to the way of finding balance.
Obviously, under the situation that the tension between the two major powers between China and the United States is increasing, and the United States strongly demands that the allies choose the side, the United Kingdom and other United States allies are facing a difficult choice: either abandoned by the United States, or forced into the dangerous vortex of major power confrontation. Obviously, many countries do not intend to make such a harmful choice.
Therefore, the European Union, India, Australia and other countries and regions have chosen a diplomatic route to find a balance between China and the United States, that is, stand in line with the United States in ideology, but keep a distance from the United States' China policy in the field of economic and trade. Now it seems that the British people have learned to balance between the two major powers of China and the United States.

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