They share the same OEMs, and both are following the same ex-China automotive strategy.

Renault has also been thumbing China recently for undermining EU manufacturing as well [0] while China has returned to using Wolf Warrior diplomacy against Europe [1][2][3][4] using the same rhetoric that the Trump admin uses.

Of course, under the Xi admin China's foreign policy has always viewed the EU as inferior and a has-been [5] and has become an active participant in the Ukraine War [6][7].

Europe might not be able to trust the US, but it can't trust China either.

[0] - https://www.reuters.com/world/china/renault-ceo-asks-eu-enco...

[1] - https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202605/1361926.shtml

[2] - https://www.chinausfocus.com/finance-economy/dear-brussels-d...

[3] - https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202605/1362161.shtml

[4] - http://news.china.com.cn/2026-06/10/content_118541873.shtml

[5] - https://fddi.fudan.edu.cn/_t2515/57/f8/c21257a743416/page.ht...

[6] - https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/russians-...

[7] - https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/06/12/8039041/