On Thursday 9 March, Aegis Europe, the flag-bearer of some 30 industrial federations, warned of the massive imbalance in trade between the EU and China, with the deficit (€175 million at the end of 2016) continuing for the 28 EU member states. It therefore called on the EU to take forceful measures to remedy this.
"The 2016 EU trade deficit with China is almost on par with the record high of 2015 which equates to around 7 million containers that arrive fully loaded in Europe and go...