{"id":94878,"date":"2026-05-29T18:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T18:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/94878\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T18:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T18:03:12","slug":"berlin-gives-the-ok-for-tougher-trade-action-on-china-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/94878\/","title":{"rendered":"Berlin gives the OK for tougher trade action on China \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Berlin is \u201copen to discussing\u201d stronger trade defense measures,\u201d a German government official told POLITICO. \u201cThings are moving in the right direction. We are open to discussing a measure to address overcapacity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bloc\u2019s trade deficit with China <a href=\"https:\/\/policy.trade.ec.europa.eu\/eu-trade-relationships-country-and-region\/countries-and-regions\/china_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">widened to \u20ac360 billion<\/a> last year from \u20ac312 billion in 2024. And a surge in Chinese goods ranging from vehicles to solar panels and clothes is undercutting Europe\u2019s industries, leading to factory closures and job losses.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yet even with Berlin\u2019s backing, von der Leyen will still need to corral her fellow commissioners into a common stance \u2014 a tall order when her own office struggles with a <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/read_26_1201\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">non-descript readout <\/a>from the meeting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The first missive said \u201cChina is a critical partner, and engagement and dialogue will continue while communication channels remain open.\u201d A follow up removed the line about channels remaining open, which the press office blamed on misinterpreting a handwritten note.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Berlin is \u201copen to discussing\u201d stronger trade defense measures,\u201d a German government official told POLITICO. \u201cThings are moving&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94879,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[99],"tags":[112,174,49470,19062,49471,234,190,240,4569,1888],"class_list":["post-94878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-berlin","tag-berlin","tag-china","tag-china-looks-west","tag-competition-and-industrial-policy","tag-eu-china-relations","tag-france","tag-germany","tag-trade","tag-trade-defense","tag-ursula-von-der-leyen"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116659185872461733","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}