PREVIEW: CHINA: Colleague Fraser Howie indicates that EU trade with China is an open debate awaiting the German election. More later.
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
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🗓️ 19 February 2025
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| 0:30.8 | This is John Batchel, a conversation with Fraser Howie, colleague in Scotland, the Helens, author of Red Capitalism, co-author, looking at |
| 0:40.9 | Europe and China. Does Europe trade with China? Does Europe trade with the adversary of the United |
| 0:46.8 | States? Unknown. Fraser points to the German elections as a tell. Germany did big business with China until, and will it start again? |
| 0:59.2 | To be answered on the other side of the German elections, perhaps on the other side of the |
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| 1:06.6 | I think that's, I think when you say Europe, of course, you are talking Germany. |
| 1:12.1 | They're being a key factor. It's a good question. I think the's, I think when you say Europe, of course, you are talking Germany, they're being a key factor. |
| 1:15.4 | It's a good question. I think the jury is still out, actually. |
| 1:25.5 | I don't think they know themselves because clearly German car manufacturers have realized they're suffering in the new EV China. |
| 1:32.0 | There are many politicians in Europe, I think, still look relatively favourably on China. I think they look more favorably on China because they're upset with how |
| 1:36.6 | Trump is conducting both economic and foreign policy. So China does appear appealing to them. |
| 1:42.2 | But at the same time, you've now got a larger portion or a growing portion of European politicians |
| 1:47.6 | who have woken up to the realities of dealing in China. |
| 1:50.7 | So they are very much betwixt in between. |
| 1:53.9 | And I don't know how it's going to fall out. |
| 1:55.8 | We will have to wait and see. |
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