In Europe, Beijing is still seen as a competitor and partner — not a rival.
Leaders of the G7 in Cornwall, England, this past June. Credit: Simon Dawson/No. 10 Downing Street/Flickr
At the G7 summit of industrialized countries in June, the headline deliverable was an agreement to develop a shared approach to China. This was supposed to be operationalized through a new global development program, awkwardly dubbed “Build Back Better World” (B3W), to rival China’s “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI).
But reports of Western unity are exaggerated, and the shows of unity strain credibility. There is no evidence that B3W is anything more than a slogan. German Chanc
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