Asia is replacing the United States as the center of global power. EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell told a gathering of German ambassadors on Monday that “analysts have long talked about the end of an American-led system and the arrival of an Asian century.” “This is now happening in front of our eyes,” he said.

The European Union’s top diplomat has called for the bloc to have “more robust strategy” toward China amid signs that Asia is replacing the United States as the center of global power.