China Says Protectionism Undermines Business Confidence in Europe

Beijing is framing the EU's cybersecurity overhaul as a confidence problem rather than a technical one, which turns an equipment-replacement bill into a broader signal about how European regulators treat foreign suppliers. The numbers cited — the industry's €40 billion and China's €360 billion five-year estimate — are advocacy figures from interested parties, so the real story is the widening gap between Brussels' security rationale and the cost claims being used against it. Whether European carriers absorb the replacement costs or push back during implementation is the open question.