SOAPBOX
SOAPBOXSOAPBOX 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 car exports can do without the U.S., not without Europe
The map of China’s electric and hybrid car exports is geopolitics in plain sight. The U.S. barely matters here, accounting for just 0.6% by value in Jan-Feb 2026. Europe, by contrast, took 40%.
EU trade gap with China widens as exports to the U.S. plunge
January brought a fresh widening in the EU’s trade gap with China. Exports fell 5%, imports rose 1%, and the deficit increased from €31.3bn to €32.5bn. Overall, EU exports were down 10% year on year, dragged lower by a striking near -28% pl...
China doubles down on trade surplus
China has been doubling down on surplus. It is a mercantilist approach and it is hard to see as sustainable indefinitely in a world where the adjustment has to land somewhere else.
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Weekly dose of China trade insights – with a focus on EU-China trade. Produced in collaboration with Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS).
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