Bernd Lange, S&D MEP and chair of the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee, hopes the EU and China can reach a “comprehensive agreement” to resolve their trade dispute by March next year.
A recent round of talks in China by European Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič showed some progress, offering a potential opening to reset increasingly strained trade relations. But tensions remain over a range of issues, from Chinese electric vehicles and industrial overcapacity to rare earths and access to each other’s markets. Brussels is pushing Beijing for greater reciprocity in trade.
