Major EU countries push for tougher China policy ahead of Brussels debate

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Key EU countries including Spain, Italy, Netherlands, France, and Lithuania advocate for a tougher trade policy on China. They propose faster emergency tariffs and broader safeguards to counter systemic industrial overcapacity before an important Brussels debate.

A coalition of major EU member states is pushing Brussels towards a much tougher trade regime aimed at combating Chinese-style industrial overcapacity, including faster emergency tariffs, broader safeguards and new anti-circumvention powers. A paper signed by Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, France and Lithuania days before a major China-focused debate in Brussels said the bloc must respond more aggressively to “systemic and structural industrial overcapacity” – phrases often taken as shorthand...