China's gaping trade surplus threatens to decimate European industry, but a unified course of action will be hard to settle

Europe is increasingly arriving at the same diagnosis as Washington — that Chinese overproduction poses a threat to domestic industry.

EU leaders are due to discuss China and global geoeconomic imbalances on Thursday

The European trade deficit with China amounted to €360bn in 2025, or roughly €1bn a day. The commission and a growing group of member states want to take stronger measures to save…

'If Chinese industry is a shark, then it is currently taking big bites out of European industry,' said one trade specialist

China's gaping trade surplus threatens to decimate European industry, but a unified course of action will be hard to settle

EU leaders debate measures to reduce a €360.6 billion goods trade deficit with China at their Brussels summit, weighing stricter import checks against trade

The EU debates tougher trade measures against China as its goods deficit hits €1 billion per day. Leaders will discuss tariffs, quotas, and subsidy rules at