By Oscar Pandiello ( June 4, 2026, 15:58 GMT | Insight) -- Traditional trade-defense tools are starting to reach their limits against market distortions that affect whole value chains, a senior EU trade official said. Denis Redonnet said that instruments, which include anti-subsidy and dumping probes as well as safeguards, remain useful for targeted cases, he added, but their product-specific scope and late-stage remedies make them less suited to structural distortions that begin earlier in supply chains.Traditional EU trade-defense instruments are starting to reach their limits in the face of market distortions and supply chain weaponization, a senior European Commission official has said....
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