Merz Says EU-China Trade Imbalances Must Be Addressed
Germany and France, not the European Commission, will jointly draft the roadmap tackling the imbalance, Bloomberg reported July 17.
- Chancellor Friedrich Merz said EU-China trade imbalances must be addressed, Bloomberg reported.
- Germany and France, not Brussels, will draft the roadmap addressing the trade gap.
- Bloomberg dated the report July 17, 2026, naming no other EU capital in the plan.
Why it matters: When Berlin and Paris draft the plan a treaty assigns to Brussels, that authority is already fiction.
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