Due to internal tensions, the Union can lack coherence and focus, often particularly evident in its efforts to implement a collective foreign policy.
The “Common Rulebook” approach is an ostacle to signing up to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
There are some risks to trade, but they should be rationalised and addressed rather than overhyped.
An exercise in demolition.
A unified approach against this authoritarian power is the only way to combat Chinese influence and expansion.