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Europe Today: Trump incontra Xi Jinping, Bruxelles osserva con nervosismo
Tutti gli occhi sono su Pechino, dove Donald Trump è arrivato con i vertici di alcune grandi aziende tech globali. Nel suo primo viaggio dal 2017 incontra Xi Jinping, mentre Bruxelles osserva con nervosismo e teme il peggio.
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Tutti gli occhi sono su Pechino, dove Donald Trump è arrivato con i vertici di alcune grandi aziende tech globali. Nel suo primo viaggio dal 2017 incontra Xi Jinping, mentre Bruxelles osserva con nervosismo e teme il peggio.
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00:14Buongiorno, è Thursday 14th May, I'm Maeve McMahan and this is Europe Today, that's
00:21your 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
00:32has infuriated the Chinese, Donald Trump is in Beijing for tough talks with the Chinese
00:37President 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
00:46near's end.
00:47Meanwhile, despite murmurs from the Russian President this week that the Fusco War in
00:52Ukraine might end soon, Russia has been launching mass daytime drone and missile strikes against
00:58Ukraine.
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, are
01:08gathering 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
01:24visit since 2017.
01:25The US President is holding direct talks, of course, with the Chinese President at a time
01:30when the world is in turmoil over 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 Thukididi's trap and set a new
01:50example in bilateral relations between major powers.
01:54We can work together to address global challenges, injecting stability to the world, and we can
01:59improve the well-being of our peoples and the shared future of humanity, building a good
02:03future 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.
02:15On behalf of all of the great delegation that we have, we have the greatest businessmen,
02:20the biggest, and I guess the best in the world.
02:23And they're here today to pay respects to you and to China.
02:26And now for some analysis on this visit, I'm joined here in the studio by our US politics
02:31expert, that is Stefan Kroba.
02:33Stefan, good morning.
02:34Good morning, Maeve.
02:35Tell us more about this trip.
02:36What exactly should we be looking out for?
02:39Well, Maeve, they have started their talks already.
02:42We don't know the detailed agenda, but 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, said that he'll be talking about trade with
02:56Xi Jinping more than anything else.
02:58Now, Trump is flanked by 17 CEOs of big American corporations, Elon Musk among them, and he's
03:06seeking to strike deals with China to have them buy more American products from food to
03:12aircraft.
03:13Remember the trade war with China that Trump started has sent the bilateral trade into
03:19freefall and 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
03:41tech product that has a battery.
03:43They control the critical supply lines, and they have invested heavily in green tech, in
03:50green energy.
03:51And that makes them suffer much less than other countries from the current energy crunch and
03:58the recent spike in oil prices due to the war in Iran.
04:03And this is where Trump's problems start.
04:05The Iran war that he triggered more than two months ago has led to a global energy crunch,
04:10sky-high oil prices and gas prices, and plummeting approval ratings at home.
04:16So he doesn't seem to have a strategy to end the war in Iran, and now he wants the Chinese
04:22to help him find a diplomatic solution.
04:25But so far, Beijing has shown very little interest to wade into this conflict that they consider
04:31entirely to Washington's making.
04:34Instead, Xi prefers to let the U.S. embroil itself in another Middle East war.
04:40So getting the Chinese to do something about Iran, that is probably Trump's biggest challenge
04:45here.
04:46Okay.
04:46And meanwhile, of course, today in Brussels, the EU institutions are closed for the bank
04:50holiday, but 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
05:14interests.
05:16If Trump and Xi struck a tactical deal over what we call managed trade that would give the U.S.
05:24preferential access to rare earths, for example, that would leave Europe with shortages and trade
05:31restrictions 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, globally disrupt supply change
05:54and financial volatility.
05:56So it's almost a lose-lose situation for the Europeans, Maeve.
06:00Okay.
06:00Stefan Kolbe, thank you so much for that analysis.
06:03And as you heard there, an interesting takeaway from this visit is the fact that some of the
06:07most 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 ex-AI.
06:45And he's accompanied by Tim Cook, who is managing his final lab as Apple's CEO,
06:51balancing 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
07:19for 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.
07:30So 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,
08:00European firms like STMicroelectronics,
08:03Soitec 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.
08:47And 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
09:04that 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.
09:35You said Europeans are not around the table
09:37and everyone says if you're not on the table,
09:38you'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,
09:50the 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.
10:02But it's really Europe's squeeze, 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.
10:16And there is a trade deficit of 360 billion euros.
10:22So the question is for us,
10:25how 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,
10:36especially looking at the member states.
10:37And China is doing this divide and conquer policy.
10:44But 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.
10:58You're absolutely dependent for all its technology on rare earth.
11:02And also here we have to diversify
11:04and not become, not being so dependent on China.
11:07And of course, Donald Trump is a very transactional president.
11:10How 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
11:26that 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.
12:05We heard that tonight and yesterday there was this massive drone attack.
12:10And China is supporting Russia in this.
12:14If China would pull the plug on the war of Russia against Ukraine,
12:20that 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 Marco Lutze joined talks
12:44with 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 Rutte, Secretary General of NATO.
13:25So it was an important meeting to discuss European security and joint drone production.
13:29But Mark Rutte, the Secretary General, was also asked about this rift with Donald Trump
13:33that's ongoing with NATO.
13:34He said NATO allies have gotten the message over Iran.
13:37But not quite true, because if you look at Trump's message yesterday to reporters,
13:41he said that NATO was very disappointing to me.
13:44NATO was not there when we wanted them.
13:46We don't need NATO, but if we need them, they just weren't there.
13:49So you can see that's ongoing.
13:51But lots of sources I've spoken to said that really Donald Trump is trying to distract
13:54from what is not a very successful war in Iran.
13:57And meanwhile, of course, Shona, you have some exclusive information about these plans
14:01of the 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
14:07will be 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
14:15was 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 Rutte, the Secretary-General of NATO, when he was asked about this yesterday.
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.
14:51So we are all in this all together.
14:55And obviously, it is a sovereign decision of the United States where they will bring their troops,
15:00how they will do that, but we do this in close consultation.
15:02And that's Mark Rutte, and 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.
15:16In 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 forces
15:38do 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, Seana 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
16:02about banning unscientific conversion therapy, designed, of course,
16:05to change people's identity and sexual orientation.
16:08The 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.
16:17Yeah, it's a torture and it's a physical and psychological harassment that could lead to a deep depression or suicide.
16:28And 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 place a forum for discussion between member
16:49states,
16:49between 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.
17:06And by taking this recommendation, we take a very strong stance.
17:11We need to see these practices banned in our union.
17:16But 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 bold step.
17:39Belgium, 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.
17:57Because frankly speaking, I met many ministers and a lot of them are not aware of what are these practices
18:04about.
18:04What happens if a member state does not accept this recommendation?
18:09What 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 like we
18:25are doing with the Equal Treatment Directive.
18:28So we prefer to build on the goodwill, on awareness and on the fact that if we need, if we
18:34still believe that our union is a union of freedom, of expression, of equality, we need to ban these practices.
18:46Angela Scudins there is 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 as French prosecutors
18:58are seeking a seven-year prison sentence for him for allegedly accepting illegal 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 euronews.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.
19:29Take care and see you soon here on Euronews.
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