“Europe’s regional exposure to #China increased from 2013 to 2020, but it has shrunk since, amid the EU recasting China as a systemic rival in 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which sharpened EU awareness of strategic dependence, and Brussels officially adopting a ​‘de-risking’ approach to China. […] But Europe’s retreat is modest: it remains significantly more exposed today than it was in 2013.”
https://gppi.net/2026/09/23/cei