Europe’s China consensus faces its first test in Beijing, says ECFR’s Andrew Small

As EU trade chief Maroš Šefčovič meets Chinese officials to address mounting trade imbalances, Andrew Small, director of the Asia Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations, warns that Beijing may seek to delay European action through selective concessions. The real challenge, he argues, is whether Brussels can turn its emerging political consensus into an effective industrial defense

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