It doesn't have to be. Eu plays nice mostly, but not Russia or China; the world's other super powers. It would benefit everyone, but China has direct plans to claim it as Chinese territory and fine/shoot anyone who tries to challenge their rule. Kinda like how they do in China.

You do realize that China is expansionist and has directly expressed they wish to displace America as the main power and replace usd as the reserve currency?

Not to mention both Russia & China undermining democracy and elections globally trying to impose puppet states and/or censor freedom of speech globally. China has set up secret police stations in foreign countries to report on its own citizens abroad speaking ill of China. They wish to express power and when world leaders have no one to them hold them accountable in their own country; then other countries are forced to deal with it.

> Why does everything have to be a competition?

Imagine being this naive.