The EU should not get involved in the rivalry between China and the US, but at the same time, and depending on the issue, align temporarily with one or the other so as to defend the norms and principles on which the liberal international order, including the multilateral trading system, is based.
Links
[1] https://www.iai.it/en/news/us-china-trade-war
[2] https://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/c05/us-china-trade-war-why-eu-should-take-sides-and-favour-rules-based-order
[3] https://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/c03/rome-beijing-changing-game
[4] https://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/c10/eu-china-security-relations-discourse-vs-practice-and-role-eu-member-states