Accept economic pain to tackle distorted trade, Dutch advisers tell EU
By Cynthia Kroet ( August 27, 2026, 09:36 GMT | Insight) -- The EU should be prepared to accept higher prices and retaliation from trading partners as the cost of tackling distorted global trade and reducing strategic dependencies, a Dutch government advisory body has said. The message comes as Brussels is preparing new tools to tackle Chinese industrial overcapacity.The EU and its member states should consider all options to tackle distorted global trade, even where measures risk raising prices or provoking retaliation from trading partners, an advisory body to the Dutch government said in a report published on Thursday....
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