Commentary The EU’s policy toward China is at a historic crossroads, and at times, swinging from side to side and contradicting itself, as revealed by the important events that have occurred recently. On March 25, Biden attended the EU summit—the first time since 2009 that a U.S. president had joined talks with the EU’s 27 leaders—and called for closer U.S.-EU cooperation in dealing with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Russia. But German Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted that the EU would share “no identity” with Washington on the CCP issue, and “That is absolutely clear,” she added. However, a little earlier, on March 22, the EU launched its first post-June 4, 1989 sanctions against the CCP regime, coordinating with the United States and its allies. On March 24, Blinken held talks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU Chief Foreign Policy Representative Josep Borrell, and subsequently issued …