European Powers Navigate Complex Relations with China and Russia

Germany has cautioned the EU against targeting China under new sanctions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, during a first discussion among the bloc's 27 countries on proposed new restrictions. The EU is discussing its 11th package of sanctions since Russia invaded Ukraine, meant to focus on those circumventing existing trade restrictions. The bloc's executive proposed blacklisting several Chinese companies and introducing a new mechanism that would open the way to a possible restriction of EU exports in the future to countries that flout sanctions.