{"id":237955,"date":"2025-07-04T17:26:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T17:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/237955\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T17:26:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T17:26:22","slug":"as-china-eu-eye-warmer-ties-brussels-seeks-to-protect-its-crown-jewel-manufacturing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/237955\/","title":{"rendered":"As China, EU eye warmer ties, Brussels seeks to protect its crown jewel &#8211; manufacturing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Hopes for a long-awaited recovery of factory activity in Europe\u2019s manufacturing powerhouse were uplifted this week as a key indicator of the sector\u2019s health surged to a 34-month high in Germany.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">But the fact that the country\u2019s manufacturing purchasing managers\u2019 index for June still remained at 49.0 \u2013 when a reading below 50 suggests a contraction in the sector \u2013 underscores the uphill challenge that Germany is facing in trying to regain growth and past glory in its manufacturing activities.<\/p>\n<p>The data release came as Foreign Minister Wang Yi of China, the world\u2019s largest manufacturer, was halfway through <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3316767\/china-not-us-europe-has-challenges-none-come-beijing-wang-yi-tells-eu?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\">his European tour<\/a> of Brussels, Berlin and Paris in preparation for the China-EU summit later this month. Both sides are seeking to resolve trade disputes and improve ties amid a reshuffle of global trade dynamics introduced by the United States.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Analysts and industry insiders say that while there is increasing urgency for both China and Europe to seek better ties, the key factor determining the dynamics between Brussels and Beijing is Europe\u2019s underlying concern over China\u2019s threat to the EU\u2019s manufacturing prowess \u2013 a jewel in the continent\u2019s crown.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cEurope wants to rebuild its manufacturing sector, so it cannot afford to have a lot of cheap imports from China,\u201d said Sacha Courtial, a researcher specialising in economic governance in Europe and China, at the Paris-based Institut Jacques Delors think tank.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The EU remains one of the world\u2019s biggest manufacturing bases, with a net output of US$2.72 trillion in 2024. That was roughly on the same level as the US, which had an output of US$2.91 trillion, but trailed China\u2019s US$4.66 trillion, according to World Bank data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hopes for a long-awaited recovery of factory activity in Europe\u2019s manufacturing powerhouse were uplifted this week as a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237956,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3090],"tags":[3801,2574,11330,51,1395,92705,92706,1700,2000,299,92703,2557,1699,21306,92704,1824,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-237955","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-beijing","9":"tag-berlin","10":"tag-brussels","11":"tag-business","12":"tag-china","13":"tag-china-eu-summit","14":"tag-draghi-report","15":"tag-economy","16":"tag-eu","17":"tag-europe","18":"tag-european-association-of-automotive-suppliers-eaas","19":"tag-european-commission","20":"tag-european-union","21":"tag-evs","22":"tag-foreign-minister-wang-yi","23":"tag-germany","24":"tag-uk","25":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114796139881126636","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}