https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/rss/526298/feed Franz Jessen is a Danish economist and EU diplomat with deep expertise in EU-Asia relations. He served as EU ambassador to the Philippines and Vietnam and held senior roles in Beijing and Brussels. He holds a PhD and MA in economics from Virginia Tech and an MA in social sciences from Odense University. en https://assets-v2.i-scmp.com/production/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa,Franz Jessen Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa,Franz Jessen This month alone, Europe has threatened China with a trade “kill switch”, rebuked it in parliament, sent its trade commissioner on a much-trumpeted trip to Beijing and announced three new economic security instruments. The sequence exposed a European Union that has no clear goal on China, no hierarchy of priorities and has reached no agreement on what it wants from Beijing or on what it would pay to get it. China has built its European policy around this vacuum. Its method rewards patience:... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/world-opinion/article/3371543/europe-still-has-no-clear-goal-china https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/world-opinion/article/3371543/europe-still-has-no-clear-goal-china Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:30:07 +0000