"Why Isn’t China Wooing Europe?" - by CWP alum Julian Gewirtz

July 25, 2025

Six months into President Donald Trump’s second term, European leaders find themselves in a vulnerable geopolitical position. Although U.S. support for Ukraine has moved in a more positive direction for now, trade negotiations following the “Liberation Day” tariffs with the United States continue to drag on past the initial deadline of July 9, and Trump has mused publicly about setting tariffs on the European Union as high as 30 percent.

July 24, 2025, 4:46 PM in Foreign Policy - By Julian Gewirtz, a former senior director for China and Taiwan Affairs at the White House National Security Council.


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By Julian Gewirtz, a former senior director for China and Taiwan Affairs at the White House National Security Council.