Proposals to counter Beijing come ahead of a key strategic debate on Friday in Brussels
The EU should more assertively defend itself against major global competitors, a group of countries led by France has said in a policy paper seen by Euractiv just days before a major strategy debate on China inside the European Commission.
As part of efforts to offer Europe’s industry – battered by the pandemic and multiple energy crisis – better means to compete with China’s state-backed firms, the call for a much more robust EU trade policy comes from France, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy and Lithuania.
The rules-based trading system is “being undermined by a variety of actors and the rise of unfair trade practices,” the group agrees.
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