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Running a €1 billion-a-day deficit with China, Brussels has nearly tripled the rate of its own trade investigations and is warning of "harsher measures" unless Beijing offers something concrete.
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China has opened an anti-dumping investigation into a chemical imported from the European Union, less than a week before the bloc's trade commissioner arrives in Beijing for talks meant to stop a dispute from escalating.
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commissioner → open → dispute
The commerce ministry in China said on Saturday it would examine whether low-priced p-nitrotoluene from the EU was flooding the Chinese market.
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nitrotoluene → say → market
A spokesperson said domestic producers had asked for the probe, complaining of "damage to production and operations".
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producers → say → production
The chemical is used to make dyes, pharmaceuticals and pesticides and the investigation is due to conclude within 12 months, with a possible six-month extension.
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investigation → use → extension
It follows an investigation by the EU, opened in September, into polyvinyl chloride imports from countries including China.
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Beijing denies that its manufacturers owe their competitiveness to state support and has threatened countermeasures against EU moves to block its firms.
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"China has repeatedly reiterated that the EU needs to face its own economic and trade problems directly and resolve mutual concerns through dialogue and consultation," the spokesperson said.
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Dumping is when a company exports a product for less than it charges at home, or for less than it costs to make.
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World Trade Organization rules allow the importing country to respond with extra tariffs, known as anti-dumping duties, if an investigation finds that the cheap imports have injured its own producers.
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Brussels is reaching for the tool far more often.
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Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in August that the EU had opened 30 trade defence investigations in a year, nearly triple the usual rate, as Chinese imports rose 45% in five years.
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Sefčovič heads to Beijing
EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Sefčovič will be in Beijing on 8–9 October to co-chair a session of the EU-China Trade and Investment Council and meet Commerce Minister Wang Wentao.
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The visit marks the deadline Brussels set in June for the first tangible results from its dialogue with Beijing.
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Brussels wants assurances that China will curb exports to the EU and extend a truce on rare earth exports, with the bloc's trade deficit running at €1 billion a day.
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Beijing has already warned it would respond firmly to any new EU restrictions on Chinese companies or products.
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In an exclusive interview with Euronews last month, Sefčovič described the talks as highly political and said negotiations had to produce concrete results.
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Without them, he warned, there would be "a strong political movement to push for, I would say, harsher measures"
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He also told Euronews that if he had nothing to show EU leaders, "the political interest would be to look for the solution through other instruments".
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Those leaders meet in Brussels on 15–16 October, a week after his trip.
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