Germany and other countries have backed a French proposal for new EU powers to impose tariffs swiftly on China, emulating the Trump administration’s measures to shield domestic industries from a glut in cheap imports.
Berlin and a handful of other governments, including those of Poland, the Netherlands and Belgium, will join Paris in calling for a new instrument at a leaders’ summit in Brussels starting on Thursday, according to four EU diplomats.
French President Emmanuel Macron last month proposed creating a European version of the US’s Section 301 tool, which can impose tariffs or import quotas on any country using “unfair trade practices”.
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