China is the big winner + more things
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China is the big winner from Europe’s Brexit chaos – which is probably why the UK will get a shitty deal in phase II. China is the big winner because:
- It ensures its inbound investment into the UK becomes more important. China can have more influence and spend less money proportionally than they had to do before
- It weakens the EU a bit, in particular amplifying the power of just two partners in the bloc: France and Germany. It means that the northern bloc including the Netherlands has less of a voice in the union creating opportunity for division
- European power projection is reduced. As is European soft power
- China is the big winner, but Russia also has similar benefits on a smaller scale
More on Brexit here.
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