Asia, Europe can join hands to resist US unilateralism

With the United States intent on continuing with its unilateralism and protectionism, Asia and Europe will seek to strengthen their cooperation at the 12th Asia-Europe Meeting Summit being held in Brussels, Belgium, on Thursday and Friday.

ASEM is the highest-profile platform for dialogue between the two continents. The discussions this time are focused on the theme of Europe and Asia: Global Partners for Global Challenges, as the participants look to work together to prevent the global trade and investment order from being undermined by the unruly actions of the US.

Since the US strengthened its protectionist trade stance early this year and intensified its efforts to try and tilt the global system further in its favor, its major trade partners, such as the European Union and China, Japan and South Korea in Asia, have increasingly felt the pinch from Washington's unreasonable demands.