Europe mustn’t get embroiled in a standoff between China and the US, and should instead forge its own path in strengthening economic relations, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said. There is a “slight gap” between how Europe and the US deal with China, he told Bloomberg Television’s Francine Lacqua at the World Economic Forum in Davos. It’s in the European Union’s own interests to work with China toward goals including tackling climate change and furthering trade, he added. “The US wants to oppose China, we want to engage China,” Le Maire said on Friday. “I strongly believe that in the world game, China must ... (full story)