https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/last-chance-saloon-eu-presses-china-for-a-sign-to-prove-trade-talks-can-workContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/last-chance-saloon-eu-presses-china-for-a-sign-to-prove-trade-talks-can-workhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/last-chance-saloon-eu-presses-china-for-a-sign-to-prove-trade-talks-can-work#u113813Sat, 10 Oct 2026 11:05:56 +0000European Union trade commissioner Maroš Šefčovič is holding high-level talks in Beijing with Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao as trade tensions escalate between Brussels and China. The discussions focus on addressing a daily trade deficit of one billion euros, curbing cheap imports of hybrid electric vehicles and manufactured goods, and handling rare earth export restrictions. Amid a flood of Chinese goods driven by industrial overcapacity and state subsidies, France and Germany are proposing new trade defense tools. China has warned that it possesses tools ready to respond firmly if trad