Tariffs, stockpiles, distrust: the EU’s messy bid to ditch China hits capacity problems
Ambassadors from the EU’s 27 member states will huddle in Brussels this week to thrash out a memorandum on critical minerals with the United States.
Key context
- Source
- SCMP Economy — established analytical coverage
- Scope
- North America · US, EU, CN, ZA
- Theme
- Trade, Growth
- Signals
- trade balance, tariff schedules
Why it matters
Developments around united states underpinning could carry modest economic repercussions if underlying trends persist. The scale of transmission will depend on the duration and scope of the dynamics at play.
TradeGrowthMarketsLaborGeopoliticsUSEUCNZA
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