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EU-China Currency and Trade Tensions
The EU is organizing high-level 'macroeconomic dialogue' talks with China in late November 2026 to press Beijing on currency policy, following an earlier deal capping Chinese hybrid car exports, amid fears of a broader trade shock to European industry.
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## Overview
Following an agreement capping China's hybrid car exports, the EU is preparing high-level talks with Beijing aimed at addressing concerns that China is holding down its currency to support its struggling export industries amid fears of a new trade shock (SCMP, October 28).
## Key Developments
- In the week of November 23, top EU economy officials led by director general Maarten Verwey will meet Chinese counterparts in Beijing for a "macroeconomic dialogue" (SCMP, October 28).
- The talks follow a separate agreement in which China accepted a cap on its hybrid car exports to the EU (SCMP, October 28).
- A stream of top-level European finance and banking officials are expected to visit Beijing in coming months (SCMP, October 28).
## Strategic Significance
The currency dialogue represents an escalation of EU-China trade friction beyond tariffs and quotas into monetary policy, with implications for European industrial competitiveness and the broader trajectory of EU trade defense measures against China.