Last week, leaders from the European Union (EU) met their Chinese counterparts in a key 2-day summit in Beijing and pledged to deepen the bloc's relationship with China against the backdrop of increasing uncertainty in their relationship with the United States. 

The Beijing summit took place as US President Donald Trump held a controversial joint press conference with Russia's Vladimir Putin in Helsinki. The summit also followed a tense NATO meeting last week, where Trump appeared content to elevate his chastisement of Washington's most trusted allies and security partners - most of them in Europe.

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Image: "EU-China Summit in Brussels" (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) by europeancouncilpresident