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Beijing and Berlin ‘exchanged opinions’ amid reported plan to shut China out of EU market

South China Morning Post29 September 2026, 07:31 UTCPeople's Republic of China

Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao held a video call with German Economy Minister Katherina Reiche on Monday, just over a week before the next round of trade talks between Beijing and Brussels, amid reports that Germany and France are pushing for a new tool that would enable the EU to swiftly shut China out of the European market. Wang and Reiche “exchanged opinions on the Sino-German and Sino-European economic and trade relations”, according to a short statement published by the Chinese side...

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