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欧盟委员会主席乌苏拉-冯德莱恩说，欧盟必须继续与中国接触，但需要制定一项战略，以 "消除 "其与中国的关系和依赖性。她还将欧洲与中国联系的未来与北京在乌克兰战争中的行动联系起来，并有效地叫停了制定2020年欧盟-中国投资协议的剩余希望。她说，中国共产党的 “明确目标是对以中国为中心的国际秩序进行系统性改变”。
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冯德莱恩女士说，尽管俄罗斯 “残暴和非法入侵乌克兰”，但中国与俄罗斯的关系已变得更加紧密，即使北京正在成为主导伙伴。她说，中国和欧洲之间的经济关系正变得越来越不平衡，中国 "明确融合其军事和商业部门 "给欧洲安全带来风险。她说，该集团还可以更好地执行它已经拥有的工具，以维护其经济利益。
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冯德莱恩表示，欧盟委员会不再推动恢复与中国的投资协定。她说：“我们必须认识到，在过去三年中，世界和中国已经发生了变化–我们需要根据我们更广泛的中国战略重新评估CAI。” 游说团体BusinessEurope表示，任何可能对欧盟和中国之间的贸易或投资流动产生重大影响的新工具都应该得到评估，并与业界进行讨论。减少来自中国的经济风险的其他步骤应包括减少集团对北京的严重依赖，并与志同道合的政府更紧密地合作。
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the EU must continue engaging with China but needs a strategy for “de-risking” its relationship and dependencies on China. She also tied the future of Europe’s links with China to Beijing’s actions over the war in Ukraine and effectively called a halt to remaining hopes of enacting a 2020 EU-China investment agreement. She said the Chinese Communist Party’s “clear goal is a systemic change of the international order with China at its center.”
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Ms. von der Leyen said that China’s relations with Russia have grown tighter despite what she called Russia’s “atrocious and illegal invasion of Ukraine,” even while Beijing is emerging as the dominant partner. She said the economic relationship between China and Europe is becoming increasingly unbalanced and that China’s “explicit fusion of its military and commercial sectors” poses risks to European security. She said the bloc could also better enforce the tools it already has to safeguard its economic interests.
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von der Leyen signaled that the European Commission is no longer pushing for the revival of an investment pact with China. She said “we have to recognize that the world and China have changed in the last three years—and we need to reassess CAI in light of our wider China strategy.” BusinessEurope, a lobby group, said any new tools that could have a significant impact on trade or investment flows between the EU and China should be assessed and discussed with industry. Other steps to reduce economic risks from China should include reducing the bloc’s heavy reliance on Beijing and working more closely with like-minded governments.