EU Plans Trade War Weapon

BrusselsThe EU is building a market-closing tool, Turkish state outlet TRT World reported.

France and Germany pushed for stronger powers against China in a potential trade conflict.

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the EU’s trade deficit with China reached €1 billion a day in 2025.

Council President Antonio Costa convenes another informal leaders’ meeting in Alden Biesen, Belgium, in February 2027.

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TRT World: frames the proposed single-market access tool as a trade-war weapon against China and ties it to the $119 billion cost of fossil fuel imports