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The European Union has said it will open its borders to many overseas visitors, but not to Americans. More galling, it also plans to allow in tourists from China if authorities there reciprocate and approve travel by Europeans.
This development is not only deeply embarrassing, but also threatening to our economic recovery, our sense of freedom, and potentially our national security. If America is to continue having substantial economic influence in Europe, we must be able to travel between our two continents.
We should operate from the premise that long-distance travelers are predisposed to be more cautious and conscientious of their health before traveling. They will follow the guidelines for testing, hygiene, social distancing, and masks if required.
Yet no clear measures have been put into place for cross-border travel – and it has been more than a month since President Trump declared that the U.S. would soon open borders to countries in Europe with lower rates of infection.
The bureaucratic malaise must end. If the European Union, comprising many nations can put a clear plan in place, then the U.S. should be able to act faster and do better.
We know that China has a plan. Having lived in Beijing in 2008 and 2009, working with U.S. and Chinese officials to expand travel between our countries at the time, I know first-hand about the strategy and the stakes.
China is now in a better position to advance its longtime strategy to take over America’s influential role in Europe. This strategy will work so long as we are distracted internally while they are totally focused on their objective.
If Americans are banned from travel to countries while tourists from China are not, and Europeans are banned from coming to America but they can go to China, that means American businesses, jobs and futures are at peril of not recovering from this global crisis that originated in China.
China wins, America loses. And in the long run, Europe loses as well because its core democratic values are not shared by China.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/eu-crowns-china-winner-bans-110009492.html
This development is not only deeply embarrassing, but also threatening to our economic recovery, our sense of freedom, and potentially our national security. If America is to continue having substantial economic influence in Europe, we must be able to travel between our two continents.
We should operate from the premise that long-distance travelers are predisposed to be more cautious and conscientious of their health before traveling. They will follow the guidelines for testing, hygiene, social distancing, and masks if required.
Yet no clear measures have been put into place for cross-border travel – and it has been more than a month since President Trump declared that the U.S. would soon open borders to countries in Europe with lower rates of infection.
The bureaucratic malaise must end. If the European Union, comprising many nations can put a clear plan in place, then the U.S. should be able to act faster and do better.
We know that China has a plan. Having lived in Beijing in 2008 and 2009, working with U.S. and Chinese officials to expand travel between our countries at the time, I know first-hand about the strategy and the stakes.
China is now in a better position to advance its longtime strategy to take over America’s influential role in Europe. This strategy will work so long as we are distracted internally while they are totally focused on their objective.
If Americans are banned from travel to countries while tourists from China are not, and Europeans are banned from coming to America but they can go to China, that means American businesses, jobs and futures are at peril of not recovering from this global crisis that originated in China.
China wins, America loses. And in the long run, Europe loses as well because its core democratic values are not shared by China.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/eu-crowns-china-winner-bans-110009492.html
