10 days ago · Beijing
EU heads to China for talks to try to solve £1bn-a-day trade crisis
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. The Guardian Business is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to Beijing. The first report grouped here was at 7 Oct 2026, 04:00 UTC. 3 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “EU heads to China for talks to try to solve £1bn-a-day trade crisis”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Negotiators hope to seal breakthrough deal to curb Beijing’s exports of cheap electric cars into Europe EU trade negotiators are heading to China for two days of crunch talks aimed at sealing a breakthrough deal tackling Beijing’s record £1bn-a-day trade surplus by curbing its exports of cheap hybrid electric cars…
Story timeline
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- First reported by The Guardian World
EU negotiators head to China hoping to curb cheap imports of hybrid electric cars
- New development reported by The Guardian World
EU heads to China for talks to try to solve £1bn-a-day trade crisis
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- The Guardian