The idea of the EU as a neutral fair arbiter of trade rules is not one widely shared outside of the bloc. Never mind the much worse historic issues. China might be of a different scale. It isn't of a different order to what the EU did.
Sander TordoirThe frame Europe is “starting“ a trade war with China is strange. China has been waging trade and industrial policy battle against Europe, sector after sector. EU diplos asked for change nicely for years. Now the EU wants to do something about it and it’s the aggressor? Aha.