Analysis: Biden pushes China threat at G7 and NATO, but European leaders tread carefully

'China is nothing short of a foreign policy fixation in Washington. So it doesn't take a genius to know what Biden may want in return for patching up the trans-Atlantic wounds of the Trump era,' writes StCollinson | Analysis

This was excerpted from the June 15 edition of CNN's Meanwhile in America, the daily email about US politics for global readers. Click here to read past editions and subscribe.China is nothing short of a foreign policy fixation in Washington. So it doesn't take a genius to know what Biden may want in return for patching up the trans-Atlantic wounds of the Trump era.

Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who runs an alliance meant to worry about Atlantic rather than Pacific security, warned Monday that China"is coming closer to us" in military prowess. And he pointed out that the communist giant doesn't share the Western values NATO was set up to defend. But the Europeans are also still squeamish about getting dragged by the US into a showdown.

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