China negotiating with EU on new steel tariffs: commerce ministry

China Threatens to Launch Trade Probes Against the European Union

China threatened to launch anti-discrimination and supply-chain security probes against the EU if Brussels proceeds with its "overcapacity instrument," a trade-defense mechanism targeting state-subsidized imports in sectors like EVs, steel, and solar panels. For tech and industrial supply-chain managers, this signals accelerating EU-China trade fragmentation: sector-wide tariffs and import caps are increasingly likely, with direct implications for sourcing strategy and vendor diversification.