EU expected to issue veiled warning to China over supply of cut-cost goods
by Lisa O'Carroll from on (#6GXHW)
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen to meet Chinese president Xi Jinping at summit on Thursday
The EU is to tell China that its 400bn (343bn) trade deficit is not sustainable long term amid fears that it will flood the bloc with subsidised electric cars, solar panels and medical devices, threatening European manufacturing and jobs.
Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission chief, and Charles Michel, the European Council president, will meet Xi Jinping at a summit on Thursday, the second of its kind this year.
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