As US and China talk, middle powers jostle for position

China's Xi Jinping is traveling to Washington this week. Regardless of what comes from talks between him and Donald Trump, Europeans will likely remain stuck between erratic US trade policy and Beijing's export machine.

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As US and China talk, middle powers jostle for position

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