Key Points
The European Unions new, tougher approach to China is being shaped by French concerns that Beijings trade practices have started to pose a critical threat to core industries...
The government in Paris has taken a key role in driving the policy shift, according to people familiar with its thinking, calculating that inaction now would put the blocs economy on a path to long-term damage..
Officials speaking on condition of anonymity recalled the solar industry debacle a decade ago, when cheap imports from China gutted European production..
The intention isnt to turn Europes $900 billion-a-year trading relationship with China into a head-to-head battle like Beijing has with the US, but rather to establish a level playing field among the world's largest economic blocs, the officials added...
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