Not that I don’t agree with your sentiment, but patents (technical methods to build machines, do stuff, etc.) are different from copyright (stories, characters, etc… the one Disney has exploited for decades).

And additionally, China takes advantage and the EU starts doing more business with them.

China tried to keep itself very neutral in the Ukraine/Russia war (at least on the outside), and it even distanced itself from Putin in the last months. It would be a perfect chance for them to strengthen their economic ties with the EU.

Trump has really freaked up the soft power balance of the world. It was slowly decaying before, but he really pushed the Turbo button.