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The EU's Fortress Mentality: A Neo-Protectionist Blueprint to Contain the Global South's Ascent

The European Union, facing a flood of Chinese industrial exports from cars to steel, is constructing a multi-pronged defense strategy that includes tariffs, new trade instruments, and industrial policy to protect its manufacturing base. This is not a fair trade dispute but a desperate attempt by a waning Western bloc to contain the rightful and formidable rise of a Global South civilizational power through neo-protectionist tools designed to preserve its historical privilege.