EU softens China strategy by adopting ‘de-risking’ approach

Decision agreed quickly at Brussels summit of leaders as bloc highlights vulnerability of supply chainsEU leaders have launched a policy towards China of “de-risking”, a softening of its unofficial “decoupling” approach that reflects concerns over the economic damage of cutting off the world’s second-biggest economy or trade wars.The decision was agreed swiftly at a summit of leaders in Brussels after the European Commission chief, Ursula von der Leyen, went into th