Caution on China from EU, West's 'soft underbelly' ~ AJJ News

Friday 29 May 2020

Caution on China from EU, West's 'soft underbelly'

May 29, 2020

After a video conference with 27 foreign ministers, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell expressed "grave concern" but he could threaten no sanctions and said planning for an EU-China summit would continue. In fact, Borrell said, only one of the European countries even raised the possibly of sanctions -- a diplomatic source told AFP this was Sweden -- and he said European investment in China was not in question.