@borderlex.net🇪🇺🇨🇳 EU-China trade talks.
Beijing to cap exports to the EU at under half of projected levels for four years.
#WTO rules ban export caps. Šefčovič: the method complies. How? Not yet set out.
Details @robfranciseu.bsky.social & @clairelemaire.bsky.social
@alexvonwitzleben.bsky.socialEU-China cooperation: As key trading partners, the two sides reaffirmed to properly handling differences under the framework of WTO rules and commit to continue working with the view to stabilise and make the bilateral relationship more balanced ec.europa.eu/commission/p... #EUTrade #Electrification
@hansato.com🏛️ EU-China trade talks in Beijing, heaviest pressure in years.
Macron & Merz push new defense tools.
Beijing warns of retaliation.
The summit settles the political layer.
Compliance layer (GPSR, CBAM, EUDR) rises regardless.
Our Analysis: www.hansato.com/eu-china-bei...
@alexvonwitzleben.bsky.socialEU-China trade tensions - At the heart of the discussions is Chinese access to the EU market of 450 million consumers, with the Europeans seeking to protect EU industry from a wave of low-cost Chinese imports www.euronews.com/2026/10/06/e... #EUTrade #ElectricVehicles #SolarPanels #chips #XiJinping
@hansato.comIf your supply chain still relies on the 2024 status quo, you are exposed.
Read our briefing on how to architect offshore procurement entities to shield against the new structural tariff wave:
www.hansato.com/global-sourc...
@hansato.com🇪🇺 GPSR & CBAM were just the warmup
🛰️ EUDR doesn't want a certificate. It wants satellite-verified GPS coordinates for the land your materials grew on
🌲 Yes, even your wooden shipping pallets
⚖️ Penalty: up to 4% of EU turnover
📥 Forensic Audit Guide:
www.hansato.com/eudr-geoloca...
@hansato.com🇫🇷 🇩🇪 France & Germany want a "kill switch" for EU market
Joint letter to von der Leyen: a tool to immediately cut off market access, activated by reversed qualified majority.
Not ACI — that's retaliatory. This is pre-emptive.
Beijing talks Thursday.
@borderlex.net🇪🇺🇲🇾 EU-Malaysia trade talks.
5th round: cars and geographical indications remain sticking points.
Next round: Malaysia, January 2027.
All the details by @clairelemaire.bsky.social
@hansato.com🇬🇧 UK is the backdoor Europe forgot to close
No tariffs on Chinese EVs → 23% of UK new-car sales in Sept. were Chinese brands.
Brussels: align, or lose "Made in Europe" access.
58% of UK car exports go to EU. 4% to China.
London is folding.
@italiancousin.bsky.socialCoercion and tariff threats against allies demand consequences. The EU created the Anti-Coercion Instrument for exactly this: retaliating against predatory economic pressure. Stop hesitating and use our market power to defend ourselves. 🛑⚖️
@vonderleyen.bsky.social @trade.ec.europa.eu #EUTrade
@hansato.com🇪🇺 Four days before Sefčovič lands in Beijing, China opens an anti-dumping probe into the EU.
The product:
P-Nitrotoluene. Small. Symbolic. Tit-for-tat.
💰 EU deficit: €1B/day
📋 EU probes: 30/yr, ~3× normal
📈 Chinese imports: +45%
@hansato.com🇪🇺 🇲🇾 EU-Malaysia FTA: progress on the easy chapters.
Gridlock on the hard ones.
✅ Procurement, sustainability, rules of origin — agreed.
❌ Investment, export duties, raw materials — slow.
Brussels wants critical minerals. Kuala Lumpur knows it.
@borderlex.net🇪🇺🇵🇱 EU-Mercosur.
The EU Court of Justice has refused Poland's request to suspend the deal. Warsaw gave no evidence of "serious and irreparable damage", it court said.
By @chrishorseman.bsky.social
@hansato.comEU is reportedly building a "Section 301-style" trade weapon.
Beijing’s response? A warning of "resolute" retaliation.
For EU importers, the message is clear: the era of predictable, frictionless Asia-EU trade is over.
Audit your tier-2 dependencies now.
@hansato.comReports show German firms are already stockpiling rare earths ahead of the Oct 8 EU-China trade talks.
When industrial buyers start hoarding, diversification isn't a strategy—it’s an emergency protocol.
Audit your tier-2 dependencies now.
@hansato.comChina's health tech is rising — more trials than the US, half of global drug deals.
But innovation ≠ access.
EU blocks Chinese medical device bids >€5M.
Compliance is the wall.
@hansato.com🇪🇺 Two tracks. One deadlocked. One "intensive."
Medical devices: EU barred Chinese bids >€5M.
China retaliated at >45M yuan.
PHEVs: EU wants China capped at ~15% of its market.
Beijing: violates WTO.
October 8–9 in Beijing.
@newsanalysis.com