US, Europe must unite against China: Germany

AFP, BERLIN Europe and the US need to face up to a “new Cold War with China” together, regardless of who wins the White House in November, Germany’s point man on transatlantic ties said. With just five weeks to go until the US election, German Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation Peter Beyer said that there were more shared interests than differences. “Europe has got to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the US to face the huge challenge of China,” said Beyer, who is in charge relations with the US and Canada. “The new Cold War between the United States and China has already begun and will shape this century,” he said. After four years of frequent friction between US President...