China wants a trade deal with the EU. Finland just made that impossible — unless China drops Russia.
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Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen was direct: China's ties with Moscow are a deal-breaker for any EU-China free trade agreement. No negotiations can begin without all 27
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China wants a trade deal with the EU. Finland just made that impossible — unless China drops Russia.
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Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen was direct: China's ties with Moscow are a deal-breaker for any EU-China free trade agreement. No negotiations can begin without all 27 EU member states on board. Finland is one of them.
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Beijing has been pitching trade and investment deals to European leaders for months. Last month Germany's chancellor called such an agreement potentially achievable. Valtonen just cooled that down significantly.
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China now has to choose: one of the world's largest markets, or continued partnership with a sanctioned, isolated aggressor.
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That's a real economic squeeze — and it came from Helsinki, not Washington.
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