EU-China Trade Talks: Can Europe Counter Chinese Exports Without Starting a Trade War?

EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič is meeting China’s commerce minister in Beijing as Europe confronts a widening manufactured-goods deficit, restricted market access and concerns about exposure to Chinese critical-material controls and supply-chain disruptions. The discussion examines targeted trade defenses, the legal and political risks of escalation, and what China’s trade surplus reveals about its foreign assets, financial system and longer-term strategy.

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