Philippe Le Corre is a research fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and a nonresident senior fellow with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Despite economic ties, bloc would impose sanctions on China if war erupts


A projectile is launched during live-fire drills by the People's Liberation Army on Aug. 4: Geographic distance from East Asia makes European involvement in a conflict over Taiwan a long shot. © Xinhua/AP
Philippe Le Corre is a research fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and a nonresident senior fellow with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.