It is hard to walk around Washington these days without bumping into a conference on U.S.-China relations. There was even a well informed and lively panel assembled in a crowded auditorium at the French Embassy, of all places. Finally, as the meeting was drawing to a close, I felt compelled to say, "We are on French soil, and Europe has not been mentioned." The panelists responded with some remarks about the European Union's trade with China, which indeed does now surpass that of the U.S. See earlier European Affairs piece on Europe and China.