SOAPBOX
SOAPBOX provides insights on EU-China trade. The weekly newsletter, compiled by Rafael Jimenez Buendía and Ilaria Perla, is published in collaboration with the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS).
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China's trade surplus is reshaping EU trade policy
Over several issues, SOAPBOX has examined how China generates and sustains its enormous trade surplus, particularly with the European Union. We may now be witnessing the point at which that growing imbalance begins to reshape EU trade polic...
The EU’s China deficit offsets its surplus elsewhere
Issue 268 | In collaboration with Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)
The EU’s overall goods trade balance conceals a substantial difference between China and its other trading partners. In 2025, the EU recorded a €486 billion su...
The EU’s trade deficit with China is the worst on record
Eurostat data for August are out, and the EU’s goods-trade deficit with China reached €278 billion in the first eight months of 2026, the worst January–August balance on record. The deficit widened by €36 billion, or 15%, in a single year....
Rebalancing the EU trade deficit with China
Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz have asked the European Commission to develop stronger and faster responses to systemic trade distortions. Their joint proposal also calls for a mechanism to reduce excessive reliance on individual foreign...
China talks tariffs with US, but tells EU to avoid them
China is negotiating with the US even though American Section 301 tariffs are still in place. At the same time, ahead of the meeting with the EU on October 8, it warns that an EU proposal for a similar trade tool would damage trust. Actuall...
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