European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen accused China to distort the trade And limitation of access for European companies two weeks before a summit between the business powers.
“When our partnership progresses, we need real balancing: fewer market distortions, less overcapacity and fair, mutual access for European companies in China,” said von Leyen on Tuesday to the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
Beijing has imposed export controls on rare -go magnet that hit the European Union industry hard and improves an increasingly unbalanced trade relationship. At the beginning of this year, the move overturned the signs of a thaw between the EU and China on the basis of the tariff policy of US President Donald Trump.
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not immediately answer a request for a comment.
The 27-strong blocks raised tariffs for electric vehicles for allegations that Chinese manufacturers benefit from unfair subsidies. The EU also excluded the companies in the country from public contracts for medical devices in 2025 and triggered a tit for retaliation.
“China invested early in many technologies of the future,” said Von der Leyen. “But then it started to flood the global markets with cheap, subsidized goods to wipe out competitors.”
“All western industries closed – from solar collectors to mineral processing – that let China dominate,” said the President of the Commission.
In conjunction with a lack of progress about long -term commercial and economic issues, the tensions in front of a summit between Brussels and Beijing, which is planned for the second half of July. The Chinese government has canceled part of a two -day summit.
“Goods and services that are manufactured in China receive an automatic price advantage of 20% in public offers,” said von der Leyen. “It’s just not fair. The system is explicitly manipulated.”
