# Europe joins the Third World

**URL:** https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/europe-joins-the-third-world/6469
**Category:** The Happening World
**Tags:** europe, industry
**Created:** [1 October 2026 15:08 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/europe-joins-the-third-world/6469 "2026-10-01T15:08:14Z")
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### Author: ![Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/439d5e/32.png) [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)
#### Post date: [1 October 2026 15:08 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/europe-joins-the-third-world/6469/1 "2026-10-01T15:08:14Z")

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Not satisfied with paying for a shooting war against Russia in the Ukraine, Europe is now looking to start a trade war with China.

“_To reduce this growing deficit, Brussels wants ‌to limit Chinese hybrid vehicle sales to the EU market at 15 percent of total vehicle sales, persuade China to limit exports of an array of chemicals and increase imports of milk and cheese, pork and brandy._”

What de-industrialized Europe has to offer China and the world in the 21st Century is basic agricultural products. This is not the same Europe that led the Industrial Revolution in the 19th Century.

Well, if it took about 200 years for Europe to throw away the global advantages it had earned through industrialization, it will only have to suffer through about 200 years of backwardness & poverty before China in its turn drops the ball. History never stops!

[A rickety Europe tries to stand up to China - Asia Times](https://asiatimes.com/2026/10/a-rickety-europe-tries-to-stand-up-to-china/)