Tag: EU-China trade

  • EU Sanction Jab

    The Council’s 21st Russia sanctions package puts an unprecedented cohort of mainland Chinese and Hong Kong firms on the EU blacklist, jolting a commercial relationship already frayed by duties on electric cars, tyres, steel and even duck meat. BRUSSELS, July 26, 2026. The Council of the European Union adopted its 21st package of restrictive measures…

  • Beijing Hits EU

    China bans dual-use exports to Rheinmetall and 13 other European entities in a swift, list-for-list reprisal against the EU’s 21st Russia sanctions package, pulling rare earths, photonics and defence supply chains deeper into a widening trade confrontation. BEIJING, July 26, 2026. Two days after China’s Ministry of Commerce placed 14 European Union entities on its…

  • Left With Few Choices: Inside the EU’s Trade Fight With China

    Left With Few Choices: Inside the EU’s Trade Fight With China

    On 3 June 2026, reporting from Brussels confirmed what European industry had been bracing for through a long, anxious spring: the European Union is preparing to warn its own citizens and companies that a trade conflict with China is now the most likely path forward. After a closed-door meeting of senior Commission officials, the message…