Europeans need to think about China with their own heads rather than reflexively doing what the US does minus a small amount—the derisking approach is potentially good but came from US lead rather than independent European thinking.
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Nathalie TocciEvidence Quote
“the struggle that Europeans are in is learning to think about China with their own heads... the US says decoupling and we say derisking. Uh so, and maybe derisking is a good policy... But the point is that we came to it through a route which at the moment is not available”
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Nathalie Tocci and Matthias Matthijs: Are Europe and the United States Finally Heading For Divorce?— Foreign AffairsCreated: 8/12/2026, 6:08:35 PM
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