WHY is it that the desire in Europe to exercise strategic autonomy over its relationships involving China and the United States is such a cause of tension with Washington, but not with Beijing?

Because strategic autonomy is all about a state — or group of states — not being coercively dependent upon another, French President Emmanuel Macron's remarks appear to be common sense.

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