ABSTRACT
The US was one of the main initiators of the process of European integration, after the Second World War, by linking economic support under the Marshall Plan to European cooperation. There are many areas in which US policy under the Donald Trump administration has begun to diverge from European policy. The US was one of the main initiators of the process of European integration, after the Second World War, by linking economic support under the Marshall Plan to European cooperation. Donald Trump’s policy has actually created quite a few chances that an active European diplomacy should put to good use. Trump’s revocation of multilateral trade deals in Asia creates opportunities for China to step into the void. But if he were to push protectionism too far and trigger a trade war, for China not just the economic but the political repercussions as well would be potentially huge.
