{"id":995955,"date":"2026-05-31T07:49:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T07:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/995955\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T07:49:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T07:49:16","slug":"as-eu-mulls-economic-tools-china-vows-to-take-steps-against-any-new-trade-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/995955\/","title":{"rendered":"As EU mulls economic tools, China vows to take steps against any new trade restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">China has renewed warnings to the European Union that it will retaliate against any new trade restrictions imposed by Brussels.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cIf the EU insists on unilaterally introducing new trade instruments and imposing discriminatory restrictions, China will resolutely retaliate and take effective measures to safeguard its own interests,\u201d the Ministry of Commerce said in a statement on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The ministry said communication channels between China and the EU were open, and both sides sought to conduct relevant dialogues. It also announced that China and the EU were exploring the establishment of a trade and investment consultation mechanism, but offered no details of the plan.<\/p>\n<p>Can the Middle East war turbocharge China\u2019s global EV ambitions?<\/p>\n<p>The statement follows European Commission meetings on Friday to discuss <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3355380\/brussels-fires-starting-gun-tougher-china-trade-policy-beijing-vows-retaliation?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">potential economic security tools<\/a> aimed at addressing the bloc\u2019s widening trade imbalance with China.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">While no immediate measures were announced, the EU is expected to ramp up safeguards in sectors that are under severe pressure from Chinese overcapacity.<\/p>\n<p>European Commission President <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/ursula-von-der-leyen?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ursula von der Leyen<\/a> will present the recommendations to EU leaders at the European Council summit on June 18 and 19, when relations with Beijing are set for the agenda.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cThe current state of the trade and investment relationship is not sustainable,\u201d Brussels said in a statement after the meeting on Friday, while noting that its approach remained one of \u201cde-risking, not decoupling\u201d from China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"China has renewed warnings to the European Union that it will retaliate against any new trade restrictions imposed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":995956,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5174],"tags":[3801,11330,1395,2000,299,5187,2557,42649,1699,257,276379,92855,62109,49,1220],"class_list":["post-995955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-eu","tag-beijing","tag-brussels","tag-china","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-european","tag-european-commission","tag-european-council","tag-european-union","tag-london","tag-mao-ning","tag-ministry-of-commerce","tag-section","tag-united-states","tag-ursula-von-der-leyen"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/995955","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=995955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/995955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/995956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=995955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=995955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=995955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}