EU president backs WTO reform to prevent ‘chaos’
Donald Tusk tells the annual EU-China summit that it is the duty of Europe, China, the US and Russia not to destroy the global trade order
Beijing — The EU on Monday urged the US, China and Russia to work together to ease worsening global trade tension, warning that they could otherwise spiral into "conflict and chaos". The comments from EU Council president Donald Tusk come as Washington and Beijing stand on the brink of a trade war which many fear could hammer the global economy, while the US has also picked fights with allies in Europe and Canada. "It is the common duty of Europe and China, but also America and Russia, not to destroy [the global trade order] but to improve it, not to start trade wars, which turned into hot conflicts so often in our history," Tusk said in Beijing. "There is still time to prevent conflict and chaos." Tusk spoke at an annual EU-China summit held on Monday against the backdrop of the deepening trade discord. The EU — the world’s biggest single market with 28 countries and 500-million people — is trying to buttress alliances in the face of protectionism unleashed by US President Donald T...
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