{"id":20426,"date":"2026-06-11T09:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T09:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/20426\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T09:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T09:17:09","slug":"have-trade-tensions-scuppered-eu-china-talks-ahead-of-tough-brussels-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/20426\/","title":{"rendered":"Have trade tensions scuppered EU-China talks ahead of tough Brussels decisions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/china-eu-relations?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">EU-China<\/a> dialogue on digital matters has been postponed as tensions between the two sides threaten to boil over.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The meeting, initially scheduled for June 23 in Beijing, will no longer take place, with no immediate date set for a follow-up, people familiar with the situation confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>The Financial Times reported on Thursday that the talks had been abruptly cancelled by Beijing, along with a second meeting involving a senior EU official, as <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3353867\/sinking-ship-why-eu-and-china-could-be-heading-trade-war?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">bilateral ties deteriorate<\/a> on a near-daily basis.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Olof Skoog, deputy secretary general of the External Action Service \u2013 the bloc\u2019s diplomatic arm \u2013 had been due to travel to the Chinese capital this month to lay the ground for a potential visit by top diplomat Kaja Kallas later this year.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Skoog\u2019s trip was intended as part of a series of preparatory visits that kicked off with top Asia official Erik Kurzweil last month.<\/p>\n<p>The Europe-China trade relationship: deficits, disputes and de-risking<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cAs far as we know, both sides are keeping communications regarding the relevant dialogue,\u201d Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said on Thursday at the ministry\u2019s regular press briefing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An EU-China dialogue on digital matters has been postponed as tensions between the two sides threaten to boil&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5],"tags":[12863,377,954,2880,18,400,11845,12862,4140,2818,115,172,12864,349,288],"class_list":["post-20426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brussels","tag-anhui","tag-antonio-costa","tag-beijing","tag-berlin","tag-brussels","tag-china","tag-ditte-juul-jorgensen","tag-eu-china-dialogue","tag-european-council","tag-financial-times","tag-france","tag-germany","tag-group-of-seven","tag-kaja-kallas","tag-luxembourg"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/116730727295436898","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}