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EU Trade Chief to Tackle €1B Daily Deficit in Beijing

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  • EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefcovic will travel to Beijing to discuss rebalancing the €1 billion-a-day trade deficit, October.
  • A surge in Chinese exports is pressuring EU producers and raising deindustrialisation fears.
  • The European Commission is drafting rules to diversify critical supply chains and curb hybrid electric vehicle imports.
  • Lead sponsors of the Industrial Accelerator Act want a ‘Made in Europe’ club and tighter foreign-investment screening.