China and the European Union cannot get by, even though he shares a common enemy in US President Donald Trump and his trade war.
On Tuesday, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen said that there must be a “real expansion” in the relationship between China and Europe. Your comments are shadowy about an upcoming summit in China-EU, on which the two sides are supposed to get problems for geopolitical and economic questions.
In Your commentsChina’s tactics popped from Leyen to flood “global markets with subsidized overcapacity” in order to “suffocate international competition” and complained that European products in China were “systematically discriminated against”.
Beijing Beat back On Wednesday it is the mentality of Europe to say:
From the Leyen’s statements, the trade dispute against the procurement of medical devices is on the state procurement of medical devices.
China on Sunday announced That there is no more European medical devices that exceed $ 6.3 million. It will also restrict access to non-EU companies, in which more than half of the contract value occurs from the import of EU components. China’s Ministry of Commerce said In mid -June decision Purchase of the purchase of medical devices for Chinese medical devices for contracts worth more than $ 5.8 million.
At that time, Brussels described her decision as a “answer … proportional to China’s obstacles”. An investigation by the European Commission already concluded that China had wrongly excluded the European medical devices from Chinese government contracts.
It is the latest trading campaign between China and Europe, even if the USA and President Donald Trump dominate the global headlines.
Beijing imposed on Friday Anti-dumping tax On European brandy when the French company Jas Hennessy receives the highest prices with 34.9%. China has also threatened or imposed tariffs for European milk and pork products.
Peking’s trade measures came after the European Commission imposed one Anti-subsidy tariff In October after a long examination of Chinese electric vehicles as to whether Chinese EV companies received unfair state support from Beijing.
Why can’t China Court can’t Europe?
US President Donald Trump has targeted both China and the European Union. US tariffs are currently 55%in China, the highest for every country.
European goods look at 10% when entering the USA, with higher tariffs for certain goods such as steel, aluminum and cars. On April 2, Trump imposed the European Union, which has been suspended since then to enable negotiations, a “mutual” tariff of 20%.
In theory, the US pressure should urge the economies to establish new trade connections: If the US market is closed, Chinese companies can instead contact the European market and vice versa.
But in practice, Beijing and Brussels found it difficult to forge similarities. Beijing Plans to scrap part of a two-day China-EU summit.
“We need real new compensation: fewer market distortions, less exported and fairly exported from China, mutual access for European companies in China,” said von Leyen on Tuesday. “We want to see concrete progress in our long -term inquiries about market access.”
A flashpoint is China’s control over rare earth. These minerals, which are crucial for electronic components and batteries, have become a new flash point in trade relationships. China, early this year, Beated controls At all exports for rare earths, including those that are bound to other countries than the US customs dates shows that Exports for the rare earth to Europe fell by a little more than 80%in May.
Another concern is that China can flood the European market with cheap exports. European leader Accuse China Based on “overcapacity” or based on the production that goes beyond what China’s economy can absorb to support economic growth. These exports have to go somewhere – and, like Europe, are therefore unloaded to overseas markets.
Europe and China do not agree on other questions, such as: How to avoid Russia’s invasion in Ukraine.
Other economies, such as Anti-dumping tariffs Against Chinese products such as steel.
