The EU’s trade dispute with China is entering a more dangerous phase. But as Brussels sharpens its economic defences – Spanish economist Alicia García-Herrero writes in her latest op-ed for Euractiv – the Commission faces a familiar problem: states that support toughness in principle, but not always in practice.

Welcome to Red Thread, Euractiv’s weekly newsletter on the EU’s relationship with China and the wider Asia-Pacific.

I’m Christina Zhao in Oceania, joined by Anupriya Datta in Europe.

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