Coercion not the right approach to settling differences By LI YANG | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2026-10-01 13:31

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202610/01/WS6abdf04be4b06d4aa0561236.html The European Union's trade policy toward China is acquiring an increasingly familiar look: raise the stakes, set a deadline and hope that Beijing is the one to blink first. Brussels now wants Beijing to accept quotas on selected Chinese exports, including so-called "voluntary export restraints" on electric vehicles, while threatening tougher measures if the October talks fail to produce "tangible" results. EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic is due in Beijing on Oct 8-9, after three months of intensive consultations.