Can Europe win trade war with China? It may depend on how victory is defined
A member of European Commission, left, prepares to exchange documents with Chinese delegation at a signing ceremony after the 5th China-EU High Level Economic and Trade dialogue at Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing, Sept. AP-YonhapAs trade tensions with China reach boiling point, EU officials are ramping up engagement with Beijing in search of an off-ramp.Quietly behind the scenes, though, Europe is preparing for a trade war. 24, 2025 and European Union Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic speaking before signing a memorandum of understanding for a strategic partnership on critical minerals at the State Department in Washington, DC, April 24.
- ▪A member of European Commission, left, prepares to exchange documents with Chinese delegation at a signing ceremony after the 5th China-EU High Level Economic and Trade dialogue at Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing, Sept.
- ▪AP-YonhapAs trade tensions with China reach boiling point, EU officials are ramping up engagement with Beijing in search of an off-ramp.Quietly behind the scenes, though, Europe is preparing for a trade war.
- ▪24, 2025 and European Union Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic speaking before signing a memorandum of understanding for a strategic partnership on critical minerals at the State Department in Washington, DC, April 24.
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A member of European Commission, left, prepares to exchange documents with Chinese delegation at a signing ceremony after the 5th China-EU High Level Economic and Trade dialogue at Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing, Sept. 28, 2015. AP-YonhapAs trade tensions with China reach boiling point, EU officials are ramping up engagement with Beijing in search of an off-ramp.Quietly behind the scenes, though, Europe is preparing for a trade war. In Brussels, a steely determination has set in to ensure the bloc’s manufacturing heartlands are not deindustrialised by the “China Shock 2.0.”With some industries already haemorrhaging jobs, the EU’s resilience-building and de-risking plans are now laced with deterrents as Brussels looks to acquire leverage and credible retaliatory tools that would…
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