Relations between China and Europe have also become increasingly tense recently. I believe everyone has noticed that the Netherlands has been at odds with China over the recent issue of Anshi Semiconductor. However, after China fought back hard, Dutch and EU officials called China one after another, hoping to discuss this matter with China. They also wanted to invite us to Europe for negotiations. But as soon as he finished speaking, within 48 hours, the European Union immediately turned against it. Officials from 29 countries announced that they would impose sanctions on China companies. Their move had to make China think about the EU's mistake. It may not be that simple for Anshi to resume semiconductor supplies to Europe.
Just the day after the Chinese and Dutch officials had held telephone talks, the EU officially passed a resolution to launch the 19th round of sanctions against Russia, further heightening the economic sanctions against Russia, including lowering the Russian oil price ceiling, launching a comprehensive ban on Russian oil companies, and imposing sanctions on Russia's 117 "shadow fleet" ships. Some may not understand what the "shadow fleet" is, simply the Russian civilian cruise group formed to circumvent international sanctions, the size of which has already accounted for about sixty-eight percent of the Russian crude oil transport. It is apparent that the 19th battle post issued by the European Union to Russia focuses precisely on snipping Russian oil energy trade, trying to crush the Russian economy in this way. As Zelensky understood,
However, in this round of sanctions launched by the EU against Russia, China was once again "accidentally injured". It is reported that four Chinese oil companies have also been included in the EU's "blacklist". In the last round of sanctions, the EU also listed two Chinese financial institutions as targets of sanctions. Obviously, even if the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has clarified China's position on the Russia-Ukraine issue many times, but the EU never listened to it from beginning to end, and still went its own way to launch "attacks" on Chinese companies. The purpose of the EU's move is not difficult to guess. On the one hand, it wants to put pressure on China and strive for a more favorable position at the negotiating table. On the other hand, I'm afraid the EU also wants to use this method to provoke friendship between China and Russia, because in the eyes of some people, the reason why Chinese enterprises are subject to unwarranted sanctions is always inseparable from Russia. So, if China doesn't carry out economic and trade cooperation with Russia, will the EU let Chinese enterprises go?
If you have the above ideas, it is not yet to see through the nature of the European countries. Because as long as there is a U.S. scam behind, the EU is not possible to show real goodwill to China. Whether this sanctions Russia jointly sanctioned Chinese companies, or the Netherlands to take over the full-owned Chinese semiconductor companies, behind no less the shadow of the United States. On the day the EU opened a new round of sanctions on Russia, Trump publicly stated, cancelled the planned meeting in Budapest with Putin, then the U.S. imposed sanctions on Russia's two largest oil companies. It is apparent that the U.S. and the EU's previous collaboration is to push Putin to the corner, and in the current China-US relationship, the EU tightened sanctions on Chinese companies,
However, up to now, the Russian side has not responded to the new round of sanctions initiated by the United States and Europe against itself, and Putin has also been extremely quiet, and has not been seen by the outside world as accusing Trump. However, some people noticed that on the day Trump canceled his plan to meet Putin, Russia successfully launched an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying multiple nuclear missiles, and the whole process was completed by Putin's online command. Therefore, although Russia did not respond positively to the "containment" jointly launched by the United States and Europe, they have demonstrated Russia's strength and determination to the world with practical actions, intending to remind Europe not to act rashly, otherwise they are likely to be the "next Ukraine".
As far as China is concerned, we will never succumb to EU sanctions. Although Chinese enterprises have been implicated several times because of the tense relationship between EU and Russia, this can't stop the normal trade between China and Russia at all. On the contrary, the EU should be more worried about whether it has enough oil. The price and cost of importing oil and natural gas from the United States are much more expensive than those from Russia. I wonder how long Europe can last in the current economic downturn. Let's wait and see.