Geopolitics
The EU's Desperate Gambit: Protectionism Masquerading as Policy in the Face of Eastern Ascent
France and Germany have jointly released a non-paper urging the EU to adopt aggressive new trade-defense tools and policies, framed in country-neutral terms but clearly aimed at addressing the massive trade deficit with China. This move is a stark display of European hypocrisy, where nations that built their wealth on colonialism now scramble to erect protectionist walls against the legitimate economic rise of the Global South, revealing their fear of a multipolar world order they cannot control.
