TREE NEWS update: Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said China hopes the EU will meet it halfway and resolve mutual concerns through dialogue and consultation, when asked at a regular briefing about Europe’s push for stronger protective trade measures. Mao referred specific questions to China’s competent authorities, adding that healthy and stable China-EU economic and trade relations serve the common interests of both sides.
China Urges EU to Meet Halfway on Trade via Dialogue
AI take
The phrasing matters more than the venue: a foreign ministry spokesperson framing trade friction as something to be settled through dialogue signals Beijing's preference for keeping the dispute at the political level rather than letting it harden into tit-for-tat measures. The deferral of specifics to "competent authorities" also leaves room for technical talks without committing to anything. For RWA and crypto markets, the read-through is indirect but real — EU-China trade tension shapes the broader risk backdrop that digital-asset flows track. Whether Brussels reciprocates with a similar de-escalatory tone is the open question.
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