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At the centre Europe is an economic superpower, and at present it is the only democratic one. Holds PKPaul Krugman Read this korrent →

• Cannot both be true Only the US and China have substantial startup activity left; the rest of the world cannot really do startups. Holds PLPieter Levels
• Same subject: Europe, China, America Partnering with Russia was a strategic mistake for Beijing, because it is the United States and Europe that hold the markets and the technology. Holds DWDan Wang
• Same subject: Europe, China, America The era in which Europe bought its energy from Russia, had its goods made in China and left its security to the United States is over. Holds EMEmmanuel Macron
• Same subject: Europe, China, America The second China shock is landing on Europe, where the first one landed on the United States. Holds ATAdam Tooze
• Same subject: Europe, China, America The second China shock threatens Europe's highest-status manufacturing, not an industrial backwater the way the first one did in America. Holds ATAdam Tooze
• Same subject: Europe, China China lets companies innovate first and regulates afterwards, which is the opposite of Europe and is deliberately meant not to slow innovation down. Holds KJKeyu Jin
• Same subject: Europe, China China now starts about a quarter of the world's new clinical trials, more than Europe does. Holds ATAlex Telford
• Same subject: Europe, China Europe's car industry is being overrun because of what has gone wrong inside Europe, not only because of what China did. Holds ATAdam Tooze