اروپا امروز: دیدار ترامپ و شی جین‌پینگ زیر نگاه نگران بروکسل

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اروپا امروز: دیدار ترامپ و شی جین‌پینگ زیر نگاه نگران بروکسل  همه نگاه‌ها به پکن دوخته شده؛ جایی که دونالد ترامپ همراه مدیران عامل چند غول فناوری جهان وارد شده است. در نخستین سفرش از ۲۰۱۷، رئیس‌جمهور آمریکا با شی‌جین‌پینگ دیدار می‌کند و بروکسل با نگرانی اوضاع را دنبال می‌کند.  لب بیشتر : http://parsi.euronews.com/2026/05/14/europe-today-trump-meets-xi-jinping-as-brussels-watches-nervously  مشترک شوید: یورونیوز به یازده زبان دیگر در دسترس شماست

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00:14Good morning. It is Thursday, the 14th of May. I'm Maeve McMahon and this is Europe Today.

00:21That's your daily digest of European news and context live here on Euronews.

00:26Coming up in the context of trade tensions with China and a war in the Middle East that has infuriated

00:33the Chinese,

00:33Donald Trump is in Beijing for tough talks with the Chinese President Xi Jinping.

00:38We'll bring you the European lens on these talks.

00:41They come as Lebanon and Israel hold fresh meetings in the US as their latest ceasefire nears end.

00:47Meanwhile, despite murmurs from the Russian President this week that the Fusco War in Ukraine might end soon,

00:54Russia has been launching mass daytime drone and missile strikes against Ukraine.

00:59This as President Zelensky wraps up talks with NATO in Romania.

01:03Plus, foreign ministers from the Strasbourg-based human rights body, the Council of Europe,

01:08are gathering in Moldova today to adopt a political declaration on human rights and migration.

01:14NGOs fear, though, a watering down of fundamental rights and press freedom.

01:18But first, all eyes on Beijing, where Donald Trump is spending three days on his first visit since 2017.

01:25The US President is holding direct talks, of course, with the Chinese President at a time when the world is

01:30in turmoil

01:31over trade tensions, ongoing wars and the growing power of big tech.

01:36We can start by taking a listen to what the two leaders had to say when they met.

01:45China and the United States can move beyond the so-called Thukiridis trap

01:49and set a new example in bilateral relations between major powers.

01:54We can work together to address global challenges, injecting stability to the world,

01:58and we can improve the well-being of our peoples and the shared future of humanity,

02:02building a good future for our bilateral relations.

02:09We've had a fantastic relationship.

02:11We've gotten along.

02:12When there were difficulties, we worked it out.

02:14On behalf of all of the great delegation that we have,

02:18we have the greatest businessmen, the biggest, and I guess the best in the world.

02:22And they're here today to pay respects to you and to China.

02:26And now for some analysis on this visit,

02:29I'm joined here in the studio by our US politics expert, that is Stefan Klobe.

02:33Stefan, good morning.

02:34Good morning, Maeve.

02:35Tell us more about this trip.

02:36What exactly should we be looking out for?

02:38Well, Maeve, they have started their talks already.

02:42We don't know the detailed agenda,

02:44but they're expected to discuss a whole range of thorny issues,

02:48the core of which is trade.

02:51And Trump himself, just before his departure,

02:53said that he'll be talking about trade with Xi Jinping more than anything else.

02:59Now, Trump is flanked by 17 CEOs of big American corporations,

03:03Elon Musk among them.

03:05And he's seeking to strike deals with China to have them buy more American products from food to aircraft.

03:13Remember the trade war with China that Trump started has sent the bilateral trade into freefall

03:20and forced companies from both sides of the Pacific to regroup.

03:24Now, the Chinese side wants a more balanced economic relationship, a more stable relationship,

03:32and they seem to have the better cards.

03:34They are sitting on most of the world's rare earth reserves that are used for basically every tech product that

03:42has a battery.

03:43They control the critical supply lines and they have invested heavily in green tech, in green energy.

03:51And that makes them suffer much less than other countries from the current energy crunch

03:58and the recent spike in oil prices due to the war in Iran.

04:02And this is where Trump's problems start.

04:05The Iran war that he triggered more than two months ago has led to global energy crunch,

04:11sky-high oil prices and gas prices and plummeting approval ratings at home.

04:15So he doesn't seem to have a strategy to end the war in Iran.

04:21And now he wants the Chinese to help him find a diplomatic solution.

04:25But so far, Beijing has shown very little interest to wade into this conflict

04:30that they consider entirely to Washington's making.

04:34Instead, Xi prefers to let the U.S. embroil itself in another Middle East war.

04:41So getting the Chinese to do something about Iran, that is probably Trump's biggest challenge here.

04:46OK. And meanwhile, of course, today in Brussels, the EU institutions are closed for the bank holiday,

04:50but they are keeping a close eye very nervously.

04:53Yes, indeed, Maeve.

04:55They are watching the summit from the sidelines because there's not much else they can do.

05:00And they are quite nervous because, really, they can't be optimistic about any outcome

05:08as they risk being squeezed between superpowers, two superpowers who don't care much about European interests.

05:16If Trump and Xi struck a tactical deal over what we call managed trade

05:23that would give the U.S. preferential access to rare earths, for example,

05:28that would leave Europe with shortages and trade restrictions that put a lot of pressure on European companies.

05:35That is about the nightmare scenario for the European Union.

05:39On the other hand, if U.S.-China trade relations further escalated and became a trade war,

05:46that could hit European industries through weaker demand,

05:51globally disrupt supply change and financial volatility.

05:56So it's almost a lose-lose situation for the Europeans, Maeve.

06:00OK. Stefan Krober, thank you so much for that analysis.

06:03And as you heard there, an interesting takeaway from this visit is the fact that

06:07some of the most richest and most powerful tech companies in the world are also present.

06:12Our Jakob Janis has the lowdown.

06:15Hey, how's your first day?

06:17Because Donald Trump has just landed in Beijing for a summit that feels less like diplomacy

06:22and more like a Silicon Valley board meeting.

06:24He hasn't just brought officials.

06:27And one could say he has arrived with an AI cabinet to navigate high-stakes tech Cold War.

06:32All right, so who's on the guest list and should Europe be worried?

06:38First, Elon Musk is there to protect Tesla's massive Chinese footprints

06:42and also his interest as head of XAI.

06:45And he's accompanied by Tim Cook, who is managing his final lab as Apple's CEO,

06:50balancing billions in sales with a shift of production away from China.

06:55And there is also the king of chips, NVIDIA's Jensen Huang,

06:59who joined at the last minute to lobby for the sale of powerful H200 AI chips,

07:04which are currently stalled by US and Chinese regulations.

07:07And joining them are the giants of the supply chain.

07:11Micron is there to fight Beijing's ban on American memory chips,

07:15while Qualcomm aims to protect its role as the primary chip supplier

07:18for China's biggest smartphone brands.

07:21And they are not just talking trade.

07:23They are discussing the new age of AI-supported warfare

07:27and the risk of China copying American frontier models.

07:31So if you ever wondered what the AI industry looks like in practice,

07:34these CEOs provide the perfect picture.

07:37And that picture also highlights where Europe stands in the AI race.

07:42So if you're looking for a European OpenAI or Google,

07:45the news is grim.

07:47The continent lacks hyperscale giants.

07:50But hey, the news isn't all bad,

07:53as Europe is securing its own AI supply chain.

07:56And while superpowers fight over AI models,

07:59European firms like STMicroelectronics,

08:02Soitec and ASML provide the essential hardware to build them.

08:07And this bet is on strategic autonomy.

08:10The idea that you don't need to outspend the superpowers

08:13if you control the tools that drive the race.

08:16Huh, but will it be enough?

08:18Well, you can always ask this question to your favorite AI agent.

08:21Just remember, the answer might vary depending on whether you ask Elon Musk's Grok

08:27or Francis Mistral.

08:33That was Jakob Janis, of course, reporting for us there.

08:36And now to take a closer look at what's at stake for the EU,

08:39we can bring in Michael Bloss, a German MEP from the Green Party.

08:43MEP is working very closely on EU-China relations.

08:46We're thrilled to have you with us.

08:47Good morning.

08:48And of course, we're hearing, you know, Donald Trump saying,

08:51we're the two superpowers, referring to the US and China.

08:54So where does that leave the European Union?

08:56Sandwich somewhere in the middle.

09:00That's true.

09:01It is a moment where Europe has to realize that it is not sitting at the table

09:07when the two superpowers speak about very important things

09:11that is also determining Europe's face.

09:15So they're shaking hands over the heads of European leaders.

09:21And we have to understand that only when Europe speaks with one voice,

09:28when we are better coordinating in our China policy,

09:31but also in our US policy, we can have an influence.

09:34Well, that is the issue you said.

09:35Europeans are not around the table.

09:37And everyone says, if you're not on the table, you're clearly on the menu.

09:40How can the EU and the 27 countries survive in this world

09:44where Washington and Beijing are cutting deals over Europe's head

09:47and neither obviously caring about the climate, the environment or privacy issues?

09:54Well, it seems that we have to realize that it's difficult to survive

09:59if we're not speaking with one voice.

10:01But it's really, Europe is squeezed as it was said already.

10:05There is a trade war with the US happening.

10:10But also, if we look at our trade relations with China,

10:14this has really turned around now.

10:16There is a trade deficit of 360 billion euros.

10:22So the question is for us, how do we get more autonomy and more sovereignty?

10:29And I think the answer is, as I said already,

10:33speaking with one voice, it's very difficult,

10:35especially looking at the member states and China is doing this divide and conquer policy.

10:43But it also means, for instance, with regards to energy imports,

10:50energy policy becoming sovereign by producing our own energy.

10:56And second, I think also rare earth.

10:58Europe is absolutely dependent for all its technology on rare earth.

11:01And also here, we have to diversify and not become or not being so dependent on China.

11:07And of course, Donald Trump is a very transactional president.

11:11How could deals being struck this week in Beijing impact negatively European industry?

11:18Yeah, it was already said when there is better relationships between the US and China

11:24and that can result in less market access, for instance, from the EU to the Chinese market.

11:36However, I think I want to also discuss on another policy area, which is security.

11:43I think that's also very important.

11:45And it's interesting or, well, that there is a risk that the US is less focused on Taiwan.

11:57And we see that the main security risk for Europe currently is Russia's attack on Ukraine.

12:04We heard that tonight and yesterday there was this massive drone attack.

12:09And China is supporting Russia in this.

12:14If China would pull the plug on the war of Russia against Ukraine, that would really help us.

12:22But it seems that they are more entering into some kind of imperialist policies.

12:30And that's really also a problem for Europe.

12:33OK, Michael Bluss, thank you so much for waking up early on this Thursday bank holiday

12:37for joining us here live on Europe Today.

12:39I'm moving on to Bucharest where NATO Secretary General Mark Lutze joined talks

12:43with the so-called B9 countries, mostly from the east.

12:47The idea was to beef up defence technologies.

12:50It comes as the US announced that 5,000 troops, excuse me,

12:54could be withdrawn from Germany over European countries' refusal to join the war in Iran.

12:59Our NATO correspondent, Shona Murray, has the scoop and joins me now here on set.

13:04Good morning, Shona.

13:05Just first, tell us about these meetings.

13:07Well, the B9 meeting was in Bucharest, which is the central European countries

13:11like Romania, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and so on.

13:17And they were also joined by the Nordic countries, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and so on.

13:21Also, President Zelensky was there and Mark Rutta, Secretary General of NATO.

13:25So it was an important meeting to discuss European security and joint drone production.

13:28But Mark Rutta, the Secretary General, was also asked about this rift with Donald Trump

13:32that's ongoing with NATO.

13:34He said NATO allies have gotten the message over Iran, but not quite true.

13:38Because if you look at Trump's message yesterday to reporters, he said that NATO was very disappointing

13:43to me.

13:44NATO was not there when we wanted them.

13:46We don't need NATO.

13:47But if we need them, they just weren't there.

13:49So you can see that's ongoing.

13:50But lots of sources I've spoken to said that really Donald Trump is trying to distract from

13:54what is not a very successful war in Iran.

13:57And meanwhile, of course, Shona, you have some exclusive information about these plans of

14:01the US to withdraw troops from Germany.

14:03Tell us more.

14:03So this is really interesting, Maeve, because as we know, the US announced 5,000 troops will

14:07be withdrawn from NATO territory in Germany.

14:10What I heard over the last few hours and late last night was confirmed to be by a NATO person

14:14was that instead of removing the 5,000, a 4,000 troop brigade that was due to be sent

14:20from the United States to Poland has been cancelled.

14:23So in effect, there's no net problem when it comes to NATO's troop force within Europe.

14:30Now, take a listen to Mark Rutta, the Secretary General of NATO, when he was asked about this

14:34yesterday.

14:35When you look at the US presence in Europe, it is still vast and massive.

14:40And there is a clear commitment between the United States to stay involved.

14:43We know that we are investing now more in Europe.

14:45We have always known that the United States, over time, has to pivot more towards Asia.

14:50So we are all in this all together.

14:55And obviously, it is a sovereign decision of the United States where they will bring their

14:59troops, how they will do that.

15:01But we do this in close consultation.

15:02And that's Mark Rutta.

15:03And he's not necessarily answering the question.

15:06And this is interesting because in Poland over the past few weeks, after that announcement,

15:10Polish media was speculating that these troops could go from Germany to Poland.

15:15In fact, the opposite is the case.

15:17A whole 4,000 troop, it's a replenishment troop or brigade, will now not be sent to Poland,

15:23which will obviously be very difficult for them.

15:24But essentially, there is no net effect to NATO's troop force within US troop forces within NATO.

15:31And I did get a confirmation on this from a NATO military official who said NATO rotational

15:37forces do not factor into NATO's deterrence and defence plan.

15:41So it looks like this issue has been somewhat resolved for the betterment of everybody,

15:46including US-NATO relations.

15:48OK, Shona Murray, our NATO correspondent, thank you so much for that very comprehensive analysis.

15:53But now to another story that's making the rounds here in Brussels.

15:57The EU has stopped short of heeding a petition by over one million Europeans about banning

16:03unscientific conversion therapy designed, of course, to change people's identity and sexual

16:07orientation.

16:08The US, or the UN, excuse me, is calling for a worldwide ban.

16:12Our EU correspondent, Angela Scugin, spoke exclusively to the EU Commissioner for Equality, Hadjil Abib.

16:18Yeah, it's a torture.

16:20And it's a physical and psychological harassment that could lead to a deep depression or suicide.

16:27And that's why we need really to react and to combat these practices.

16:34And these young citizens who gather one million signatures succeed to create awareness.

16:41We've launched a study and we are going to organize to put into a place a forum for discussion

16:47between member states, between the commission.

16:50Already eight member states took the decision in their legislative, national legislation to ban these practices.

16:59But we need to see all of them and we are going to encourage them and to show the path.

17:05And by taking this recommendation, we take a very strong stance.

17:11We need to see these practices banned in our union.

17:15But you just highlighted that eight member states have banned this.

17:19How are you going to convince the other dozens that haven't done this so far?

17:22What pressure are you going to put on them?

17:24By exchanging best practices.

17:27So we will show, first of all, that it is possible to ban, no matter what is your political architecture.

17:35I mean, Germany has taken this ball step, Belgium, Spain, many countries.

17:41And three countries at least are monitoring, are willing to take this kind of decision.

17:52And I think we need to create more awareness because, frankly speaking, I met many ministers

18:00and a lot of them are not aware of what are these practices about.

18:04What happens if a member state does not accept this recommendation?

18:08What follows from the side of the commission?

18:12It's non-binding.

18:14This is the path that we choose because we didn't want to take, you know, decades of discussions

18:24like we are doing with the Equal Treatment Directive.

18:27So we prefer to build on the goodwill, on awareness and on the fact that if we need, if we

18:34still

18:34believe that our union is a union of freedom, of expression, of equality, we need to ban

18:41these practices.

18:46Angela Scudins there speaking to the Belgian EU Commissioner, Hadja Lalbi.

18:50And in case you missed it, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, he's back in the news again

18:56as French prosecutors are seeking a seven-year prison sentence for him for allegedly accepting

19:01illegal campaign contributions from the late Libyan dictator.

19:05A verdict is expected on November 30th.

19:08You can read more about that story and any other stories we're covering for you here on

19:12euronews.com.

19:13And of course, you can drop us a line, europetoday at euronews.com, and you can tell us what kind

19:19of stories you'd like us to cover, from football to film festivals or the ban on Brazilian meat.

19:25We'd love to hear your preferences.

19:27But for now, thank you so much for tuning in to Europe Today.

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