@ajwsmall

Asia Director @ECFR / previously @EU_Commission @gmfus / China, Europe-US, Indo-Pacific

 Berlin, Germany
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Joined February 2008
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I have a piece up with @gmfus on why this week's "low outcome" EU-China summit is a success for Europe (that won't feel like one): gmfus.org/news/just-showing

Just Showing Up

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NEWS EU member states just approved punitive measures against China on its international procurement instrument
Finbarr Bermingham@fbermingham2 Jun 2025
EU trade barriers committee meets today at 3pm - member states to vote on curbing access to EU procurement market for Chinese medical device makers This will be the first measures taken under the international procurement instrument - sources expect the measures to pass.
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A few quick thoughts on how China is likely to deal with the current situation in South Asia (since I am getting some questions along the lines of: "is the Chinese approach still the same as the one laid out in your book?" which is now more than ten years old...) 1/10
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China won't want significant escalation (few do) but I suspect won’t mind the chance to test Chinese against Western weapons on India's side. I doubt Beijing will see the Indian strikes as excessively escalatory. A kind of re-run of 2019 would IMO be fine from China’s perspective
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[I mostly use other platforms now so don't post here much; but this topic is a bit of an exception...]
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The updated paperback edition of #TheRupture: #China and the Global Race for the Future by @ajwsmall is out today! 📚⭐ ‘[A] fast-paced and deeply researched book.’ — @FT, chosen as one of their Politics Books of the Year ‘A real page-turner.’ — @StuartKLau, @POLITICOEurope Get 25% off w/code RUPTURE25 ➡️ tinyurl.com/ydc4733j
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EP trade committee hearing with EU trade enforcement chief Denis Redonnet underway He says the bloc is getting "an increasing demand for protection from a range of European producing industries in the face of significant global overcapacities" Names steel, EVs and chemicals
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Andrew Small retweeted
Olof Gill@olofgill8 Oct 2024
The @EU_Commission will challenge at @wto the announced imposition of provisional antidumping measures by China on imports of brandy from EU. We believe that these measures are unfounded, and we are determined to defend EU industry against abuse of trade defence instruments.
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How did countries vote during the crucial vote on Chinese EVs? In favour (10): 🇮🇹🇫🇷🇳🇱🇪🇪🇱🇹🇱🇻🇵🇱🇩🇰🇧🇬🇮🇪 Abstention (12): 🇧🇪🇨🇿🇬🇷🇪🇸🇭🇷🇨🇾🇱🇺🇦🇹🇵🇹🇷🇴🇸🇪🇫🇮 Against (5): 🇩🇪🇭🇺🇲🇹🇸🇮🇸🇰
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Breaking: EU countries approve duties (up to 35 percent) on unfairly subsidized Chinese electric cars, despite Germany's last-minute opposition. 10 countries voted for the duties, 5 against, 12 abstained (counts as a yes). More to come soon on POLITICO
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Just putting⬇️ up again as news breaks that the German chancellor wants to overrule coalition partners & vote „no“ although there is apparently no qualified majority against the tariffs…highly troubling signal towards Brussels and Washington alike…to say the least…
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@rapporteur_news3 Oct 2024
EU member states should endorse tariffs on Chinese EVs or risk undermining European interests and agency dlvr.it/TDx8tt

EU member states should endorse tariffs on Chinese EVs or risk undermining European interests and...

EU member states should vote in favour of imposing definitive trade tariffs on China-made electric vehicles on Friday (4 October), as China will never take seriously a Europe that can be divided and...

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Massive week ahead for EU-China relations 💥Capitals to vote on Friday on whether to set tariffs on Chinese-made EVs for 5 yrs. Note went to member states late-Fri eve EVs have dominated the news for a year, but across the board tensions are ratcheting up dramatically Thread🧵
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