EU Calls China Trade Ties Unsustainable as Beijing Threatens Retaliation Over Curbs
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Updated · Bloomberg · May 29
EU Calls China Trade Ties Unsustainable as Beijing Threatens Retaliation Over Curbs
12 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 29
The European Commission said the EU’s trade and investment relationship with China is “not sustainable” after a strategic debate in Brussels on the bloc’s approach to Beijing.
China responded by warning of retaliation, escalating a dispute centered on potential EU trade curbs aimed at Chinese industrial overcapacity.
Beijing had already signaled immediate countermeasures before the EU meeting, with a CCTV-linked social-media account citing possible anti-discrimination and supply-chain security probes.
The clash points to a sharper turn in EU-China economic relations as Brussels weighs tougher defenses against Chinese imports and investment.
Trapped between Western rules and Chinese law, how can global companies survive the escalating EU-China trade war?
Is China’s industrial “overcapacity” a genuine market threat or a convenient excuse for Western protectionism?