点击上方蓝色“国关国政外交学人”可订阅学习Editor's Note:The US has increased trade conflict with China, and also Europe. What was the primary reason for Washington to start the trade dispute with them? Will China and Europe further expand cooperation to deal with US unilateral and protectionist behavior? Global Times (GT) reporter Lu Yuanzhi interviewed Professor Danilo Türk (Türk), former president of the Republic of Slovenia from 2007 to 2012 and a senior visiting fellow at the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China, on these issues. GT: The US has launched a trade war with China and the trade friction between the US and EU has also increased. Why did Washington start the trade dispute with them? Türk: The reasons are political and are of two types. First, there is the fear that China's growth represents a threat to US
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