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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Lisa O'Carroll

EU expected to issue veiled warning to China over supply of cut-cost goods

European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen
EU leaders will point out that the trade deficit has doubled in two years in China’s favour. Photograph: Miguel Angel Molina/EPA

The EU is to tell China that its €400bn (£343bn) trade deficit is not sustainable long term amid fears that it will flood the bloc with subsidised electric cars, solar panels and medical devices, threatening European manufacturing and jobs.

Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission chief, and Charles Michel, the European Council president, will meet Xi Jinping at a summit on Thursday, the second of its kind this year.

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