This is EXACTLY what I predicted about a year ago would happen because of Trump.
The article mentions urging more cooperation between EU and China many times in many areas, while at the same time mentioning that cooperation with USA is diminishing. I'm surprised that it is Spain that is the forerunner for EU (again).
But mind my words, this is a signal about what is to come. EU will cooperate much more with China, and USA will not be included or asked or even considered!
That's how bad relations between EU and USA are now. USA demanded to be left out of international obligations, and pissed all over partners and allies, so here you are USA, now you are being left out.

Europe needs a new titty

Sanchez said China should take on a more substantial role with issues including climate change, security, defense ​and the fight against inequality ...

China is the greatest bully in Asia and supposedly in history worldwide. It threatens entire populations like Taiwan, Japan, Australia, and many others, sometimes Beijing's envoys issue what can only be understood as death threats against government officials (like in the case of Japan's PM). What role would China take in security and defense according to Sanchez?

China in among the country with the highest inequality globally, it's higher than in any democracies (e.g., in many European democracies inequality is by a third lower than in China), and wealth inequality has been even increasing steadily in the last decade.

Sanchez is fighting a series of corruption scandals at home that threatens his political survival while courting the largest dictatorship in history. It's really time that he follows Orban's path.

You've met me at a very Chinese time in my life

Sanchez said China should take on a more substantial role with issues including climate change, security, defense ​and the fight against inequality ...

China is the greatest bully in Asia and supposedly in history worldwide. It threatens entire populations like Taiwan, Japan, Australia, and many others, sometimes Beijing's envoys issue what can only be understood as death threats against government officials (like in the case of Japan's PM). What role would China take in security and defense according to Sanchez?

China in among the country with the highest inequality globally, it's higher than in any democracies (e.g., in many European democracies inequality is by a third lower than in China), and wealth inequality has been even increasing steadily in the last decade.

Sanchez is fighting a series of corruption scandals at home that threatens his political survival while courting the largest dictatorship in history. It's really time that he follows Orban's path.