Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Europe u0026 China's Brand New Deal: What the Deal Means for Money, Environment u0026 Labour - TLDR News" video.

It pretty much levels the playing field with the deal the US had with China, I don't see why the EU had to get approval from the US when the EU is big enough to do it's own thing. Now don't get me wrong, I do think the EU and US should work together a lot more in the future and coordinate more when it comes to China but the US will likely let this one slide considering the antics of Trump, in other words, Biden needs to repair relations around the world and especially with the EU and China.
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@G M They are allies but not under the current government, so I don't blame the EU for doing their own thing, it now really is up to the Biden administration on if they repair ties with the EU and then they can coordinate more in the future which when it comes to China, I think the EU and US will have to work together at some point.
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The impression I'm getting is that he wasn't happy about it but understands the reasons behind it and it looks as if the US will let this slide because they really need to repair ties with the EU with all the antics and damage that Trump has done and like the video pointed out, this is just levelling the playing field.
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@martinmendl1399 I suspect it will be going on many of the things Biden has been saying and he seems to realize that the best way to keep China in check is for the EU and US to work together as they are not that different from each other in most areas. As for China, Trumps way of doing things won't work as it will push most of the population in China more in the camp of the government which is exactly what they wanted, after all, the policies Trump tried is only hurting a lot of innocent people, it rarely works and has been tried many times with other countries. The best solution is to work with China and try to convince the people to change whiles also the EU and US keeping most of the world on side in case China becomes too big and aggressive. Remember that the problem with China is with the government and not the people and that's where other countries need to be careful when dealing with China to not punish the people as that would likely backfire on the west.
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@illi1238 Truth be told, we could have a small percentage but if it was combined with the EU countries, it would be a big player on the world stage, I suspect the US and Russia wouldn't be best pleased about that, the US wants EU countries to spend more but to keep them separated not combined, Russia fear EU expansion to the east. Either way, I suspect it will happen at some point because of the changing realities of the world, mainly the US and China. In any case, diplomacy should always be used first before the military which seems to be the preferred way of thinking of the EU and most Europeans.
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@1995pieter True, the irony is that the US could have built strong relations with the EU and much of the world after 9/11 but they more or less wiped out a lot of that good will and it's been in decline ever since, Trump as you say is just a mask of the real problems the US faces, the problems are still there even with Biden in power. The thing is, both the EU and US can't really afford to drift apart with a rising China looming, it's in both the EU and US interest to work a lot closer together because they both still share a lot more in common than they are different but more importantly, the EU or US on their own are likely not going to be powerful enough to contend with China in the near future with how quickly they are developing. I suspect Biden knows that whereas Trump didn't have a clue, the problem is now is that it needs to be put into sound policies, maybe a free trade deal between the EU and US, they were working on one a few years back but that stalled, they could bring that back, take out a lot of the controversial things in it and do a few other changes to make it more acceptable to each side and that might work.
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@marcinpietraszko2997 They could try but imagine if they did that, what do you think would happen? Remember that the EU is a rich economy, if they mobilize that economy, it wouldn't be good for either the US or EU and we saw how quickly the US could mobilize on the second world war, it's all about the economy, there is very little to nothing the US can do to the EU without them hitting the US hard in return, in fact we see that with trade wars, the US always seems to lose on that one. In truth, there is no reason for it to come to that because like it or not, the EU and US are going to need each other a lot more in the coming decades as powers shift from west to east and that basically means laws, regulations and rules around the world shift in that direction, for now most of them are made by the EU and US, that can change quickly if the west isn't careful. In any case, as far as China is in concern, Trump played a blinder which helped China's interest which is ironic as he was trying to hurt their interest.
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@MadPhoxPirate Actually you're right but it exist to counter the balance of power in the world and not because of security reasons, basically, the EU was formed so Europeans could compete better with the US by pooling resources together and it's worked quite effectively.
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@MadPhoxPirate Yes and no, unlikely the US and India which are a bit too hostile and are only making the situation worse, the EU knows how to play the long game with China which basically means you have to work with them whiles trying to get them to change from the inside out, in other words, keep the people onside, all the US is doing is playing right into the hands of the government of China by rallying the people back home against the US, that's gives the government of China a lot more power. Like I said in another post, Trump played a blinder in giving China far more power over the last 4 years and the sad thing is, he doesn't even realize it lol.
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