The EU and China

 You could quote this from the EU:

The EU sees China as a partner for cooperation, an economic competitor and a systemic rival. However, EU-China relations have become increasingly complex due to a growing number of irritants. China has become less open to the world and more repressive at home, while taking a more assertive posture abroad, resorting to economic coercion, boycotts of European goods, and export controls on critical raw materials.

https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/eu-china-relations-factsheet_en#:~:text=The%20EU%20sees%20China%20as,controls%20on%20critical%20raw%20materials.

I don’t agree with all of the following article but it makes a strong case.

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-should-europe-position-itself-for-systemic-rivalry-with-china/#:~:text=In%202019%2C%20when%20the%20European,rivalry%E2%80%9D%20was%20a%20watershed%20moment