2026-10-16
26 分钟Cutting through an overload of information to get to the heart of the story.
This is The Point.
What does the future hold for trade between China and the EU?
On the one hand, the two sides have just reached broad agreements on a range of trade issues,
including access of Chinese-made hybrid cars into Europe.
But on the other, the EU is preparing a trade...
That would completely shut off access to the bloc in the event of quote-unquote
harmful developments to the EU's economy, such as a ban on rare earth.
It's known as a kill switch based on a French and German proposal raised last week.
China has said it would respond resolutely to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese industries
if the EU side insists on introducing discriminatory restrictive measures against Chinese enterprises or products.
But what exactly is going on between the two sides?
Is this a case of one step forward, two steps back?
Why is Germany?
Apparently switching its attitude towards Chinese imports.
Welcome to The Point with V. Liu Xin, an opinion show coming to you from Beijing.
I'm pleased to be joined from Berlin by Andreas Hube, Managing Director of the German
Federal Association for Economic Development and Foreign Trade, also co-founder of China Brick or China Bridge.
From Massachusetts, the United States, by Carl Fei, Professor of Strategy at BI Norwegian Business School in Oslo,
and also Visiting Scholar at Harvard University.