China-EU trade surplus: $360B in 2025
China's goods trade surplus with the EU hit $360 billion in 2025, a 15% increase on 2024, with a record surplus projected for 2026.
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Markets Check: The EU-China Trade War Bubble
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Alice Han introduces the second major segment: Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao's visit to Brussels to meet EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefčovič, amid escalating fears of an EU-China trade war. The backdrop is stark — China's goods trade surplus with the EU reached $360 billion in 2025, up 15% from 2024 [1] — Alice Han "China-EU trade surplus: $360B in 2025: China's goods trade surplus with the EU hit $360 billion in 2025, a 15% increase on 2024, with a rec…" 23:20 , with a record 2026 surplus already in sight given H1 data. Alice Han notes that despite these imbalances, Europe has been quietly entertaining closer relations with China as a counterweight to what it perceives as an unpredictable Washington — accelerated by the Iran crisis and its energy implications. She flags two trade flashpoints: the price floors agreed in January for Chinese EVs (designed to sidestep EU tariffs of close to 40%), and the emerging threat of new tariffs on Chinese plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs), which have surged into European markets. Europe's position, she suggests, is one of structural dependence combined with political ambivalence.
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