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EU needs action from China, not gestures, to fix trade ties, top official says

By Oscar Pandiello ( June 25, 2025, 12:05 GMT | Insight) -- Urgent action by China to address its subsidy-driven industrial strategies, overcapacities and export controls is needed to fix strained EU-China trade ties, a senior EU official said, warning that recent diplomatic gestures by Beijing fall short. The remarks at an MLex event come a month ahead of a bilateral summit, where tensions over restrictions on rare earth element exports and market access are expected to dominate talks.China must tackle subsidy-driven industrial policies and overcapacities if it wants to improve trade relations with Europe, a senior EU trade official has said....

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