Watch: Inside the Trump-Xi visit that could leave Europe in the cold

Published on 13/05/2026 - 8:20 GMT+2

Between the progressively unpopular Iran warfare astatine location and home courts striking down his tariffs, Trump needs a win.

First, the information bargain. Xi Jinping wants a awesome that Washington is stepping backmost from Taiwan. If Trump treats the island’s information arsenic a bargaining spot to unafraid China’s assistance successful ending the Iran war, helium mightiness hollow retired Europe’s ain strategical commitments successful the Indo-Pacific.

Trump is besides nether unit to unbend spot export controls for speedy concern deals. If helium trades distant this edge, Washington and Beijing volition acceptable the planetary standards for AI unsocial with Europe becoming conscionable a "rule-taker", not maker.

Finally, the commercialized squeeze. European firms are already struggling to vie with inexpensive Chinese goods astatine home.

So if Trump relaxes tariffs, the flood of cheaper electrical vehicles and alloy mightiness effect successful European exporters losing their competitory vantage successful the US to the aforesaid Chinese rivals that are already flooding European shores.

And speaking of trade, let’s not hide Trump has fixed the EU a deadline until the 4th of July to finalise a caller US-EU commercialized woody oregon look 25% tariffs connected cars.

In Brussels, the centre-right EPP is rushing to settle, arsenic a weakened Trump could crook his attraction toward Europe next. However, Socialists are lasting firm, insisting that European authorities volition not beryllium shaped by "threats connected societal media."

It is simply a cliché to accidental that the Chinese connection for crisis, 危机, is translated arsenic “danger” and “opportunity”. While 危 is so danger, a amended translation for 机 is simply a "crucial point."

And it seems that for Europe that important constituent is happening is now.

Watch the Euronews video successful the subordinate supra for the afloat story.