i spoke to prime minister ingrida simonyte when she visited singapore recently.nded to beijing, and where relations stand with the world's second largest economy. the best answer was to, first and foremost, to look for our partnerships, for our businesses. and i think this goes well, and then, also to speak about this on the international level from eu to wto. now there is an anti—corruption mechanism that has been elaborated at european level. and i think european policy — eu policy, vis a vis china, is becoming much more coherent than it was. tariffs that the us has imposed on china when it comes to ev and chips, and tech — fo you see that having any impact on on what it is you're trying to do? the world is shifting to a reality that is quite different from what we were believing some 20—30 years ago, when there was a very strong belief of reduction of tariffs, globalisation, international trade and, yes, in theory, or by david ricardo, we all know that this makes everybody richer. but what is less pleasant in this equation is that it works. i think only when c