EU's Top Trade Official to Visit Beijing Amid Trade Tensions

Later this month, the European Union’s top trade official, Ditte Juul Jorgensen, will follow Redonnet to the Chinese capital, she confirmed on Wednesday, as Brussels assesses whether Beijing is willing to make the sort of concessions that could see them avoid sliding into a damaging tit-for-tat exchange in the autumn.

“We see an engaged China in these talks, but of course the challenges are very, very significant,” Jorgensen told a hearing at the European Parliament on Wednesday.

“What we see in relation to China is ... increasing concentration dependencies, including in strategic sectors – that is a risk to the EU,” Jorgensen said.