EU-China trade: Pragmatic stance and targeted risks – Standard Chartered
The post EU-China trade: Pragmatic stance and targeted risks – Standard Chartered appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Standard Chartered economists Christopher Graham and Carol Liao discuss the EU’s widening trade deficit with China, highlighting the autos sector as a key example of the imbalance. They note EU efforts to expand its trade policy toolkit and industrial strategy, while expecting China to maintain a restrained, pragmatic approach that preserves trade ties but leaves room for targeted actions. EU weighs broader trade policy response “EU officials are growing increasingly concerned with the bloc’s widening trade deficit with China. Although largely due to higher import volumes, it is also being driven by weakening export volumes to China.” “The autos sector has become symbolic of this trade shortfall, with EU vehicle imports from China increasing 10-fold since 2019, while EU exports to China have fallen sharply in the past few years.” “EU officials have cited overcapacity i