U.S. and EU flags are pictured during the visit of Vice President Pence to the European Commission headquarters in Brussels. © Reuters/Francois Lenoir
(Reuters) - The European Union is seeking to forge a new alliance with the United States to bury the tensions of the Trump era and meet the challenges posed by China, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, citing a draft plan.
The plan proposes rebuilding ties with common fronts on issues from digital regulation to tackling the COVID-19 pandemic, the FT said.
Relations between the United States and Europe have been strained under President Donald Trump.
The EU and most of the bloc’s states have congratulated President-elect Joe Biden.
“As open democratic societies and market economies, the EU and the US agree on the strategic challenge presented by China’s growing international assertiveness, even if we do not always agree on the best way to address this,” the FT cited the draft plan as saying.
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Update: EU pitches new post-Trump alliance with US in face of China challenge (Financial Times)
WNU Editor: I am not sure what the EU wants from the U.S.. A continuation of their huge trade surpluses with the U.S. .... The U.S. goods trade deficit with The EU 27 was $184 billion in 2019. An alliance with the U.S. to force China to lower their trade barriers and to block their push to dominate technology and communication markets? Their talk about digital regulation and tackling the COVID-19 pandemic seems lame to me since they are already doing this.
