Xiaoli Shi

researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-0866-1164)

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China has sufficient tools to respond if the EU continues to expand unilateral trade restrictions. The EU should carefully consider the costs of further escalating trade frictions,
The EU itself has been a target of US Section 301 probes and related unilateral trade measures, and has repeatedly criticized unilateralism and protectionism. Yet it is now considering similar tools to exert pressure on other trading partners. Such a policy shift warrants concern,
Assessments of 'tariff evasion' should rely on verifiable transaction-level evidence, such as specific shipments, companies and origin documents, rather than broad estimates (on which the US report relies) based mainly on changes in trade patterns,
The scale is far smaller than the US and European control lists. Throughout the process, the ministry has consistently adhered to using precise and targeted measures, constraining only entities involved in military industries or nuclear risks, without affecting normal civilian economic and trade activities,
Through this institutionalized and authoritative legislation, China has demonstrated its firm resolve to safeguard its legitimate rights and interests,
China's reform and opening-up policy will remain unchanged. The country will continue to further expand opening-up and proactively align with high international standards,

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