Executive Summary China employs indirect economic leverage and supply chain dependencies to exert “chilling effects” on European policy, reducing appetite for stricter trade defenses without overt pressure. Over the next five years, this dynamic will intensify amid overcapacity exports, rare earth dominance, and targeted sectoral penetration, creating second- and third-order risks for EU industrial autonomy. … Leggi tutto China’s Quiet Coercion Reshapes Europe’s 5-Year Strategic Vulnerabilities