Overview
- The European Commission confirmed in-person and virtual high-level technical meetings next week under the upgraded EU–China Export Control Dialogue.
- Trade spokesperson Olof Gill said Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič and China’s Wang Wentao will not participate at this stage.
- EU leaders raised Beijing’s new restrictions at Thursday’s summit, and mention of the Anti-Coercion Instrument drew little interest, according to officials.
- Germany’s foreign minister, Johann Wadephul, postponed a visit to China that had been planned for next week.
- China’s controls, announced earlier in October on rare earths and magnets, have heightened Europe’s supply risk, with Ursula von der Leyen pledging to accelerate measures as the EU relies heavily on Chinese imports.