China and EU Trade Tensions Risk a Full Trade War, European Chamber President Warns


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gCaptain— GUANGZHOU, China, April 17 (Reuters) – China and Europe face a “slow motion train accident” as a rising tide of protectionism threatens to become a full trade war, the head of a European business lobby group

CNBC—Top EU official warns on 'weaponization of trade' as tensions ramp up between the U.S. and China. The European Union's trade chief on Wednesday warned against the "weaponization" of trade amid the latest ratcheting up of tensions between the U.S. and China.

Zero Hedge—Tit-For-Tat Responses From Beijing To Trade Restrictions May Bring About A Full-Blown Trade War. Tit-For-Tat Responses From Beijing To Trade Restrictions May Bring About A Full-Blown Trade War By John Liu, Zhu Lin and Abhishek Vishnoi, Bloomberg Markets Live reporters and strategists China’s most-promising industries are facing a growing threat of trade restrictions from Western governments, blurring the outlook for stocks that have the potential to fuel the nation’s market growth. The sectors under scrutiny by Europe and the US are as wide-ranging as electric vehicles, wind...

www.breakingthenews.net—China calls on EU to halt 'discriminatory' trade policies. The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) called on the European Union on Sunday to "continue improving and optimizing the trading environment, providing fair conditions