Moreover, there is an important and worrisome twist to those linkages: China itself has tilted increasingly toward Europe as its major source of external demand. In 2007, the European Union surpassed the US as China’s largest export market.
Cette dépendance est d'autant plus préoccupante que l'Europe est devenue peu à peu la principale destination des exportations chinoises, après avoir dépassé les USA en&#160; 2007.