Throat-Cutting Diplomacy: EU Warned of Perilous Shift Toward China

Throat-Cutting Diplomacy: EU Warned of Perilous Shift Toward China: In a stark and chilling warning, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent didn’t mince words when he told European leaders that aligning with China over the United States would be akin to cutting their own throat. His message, delivered from behind the cold podium of a press briefing, wasn’t just policy talk—it was a shot across the Atlantic. The remark came just hours after Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, speaking on a diplomatic tour in Asia, suggested that the European Union should reconsider its relationship with China. With U.S. trade policy lurching in unpredictable directions—driven by President Trump’s sweeping new tariffs—Sanchez floated the idea of closer cooperation with Beijing. But Bessent’s response was blunt—and dark.