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Ahah, China going Adam Smith on the EU.

Peacefully, so far. Let's hope they don't go "opium war" on free trade.

> while French President Emmanuel Macron even suggested following US-style measures akin to the "Section 301" tariffs.

> A major source of this latest wave of the so-called "China shock" narrative is the claim that the EU's trade deficit with China reached 360 billion euros in 2025.

These are the same people whose collective knickers are getting in a twist over Trump, mind you.

That's already happening with synthetic drugs [0] and the Ukraine War [1].

[0] - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/30/china-traf...

[1] - https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/russians-...