Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares told the Financial Times on Monday that the European Union should develop its own policy toward China and not adopt the adversarial approach of United States President Donald Trump's administration.
"Europe must take its own decisions, on its own. And we have to decide when China can be a partner and when China is a competitor," Albares said. "We can have certainly a dialogue with the country that I think is our natural ally, the United States. But Europe must take its own decisions," he added.
Earlier, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen noted that the EU must engage constructively with China, while the US media reports claimed that Trump intends to seek a "bigger" trade deal with China.
