{
  "id": 14729226,
  "title": "EU-Gipfel: Unterstützung für Merz und Macron: Europa bereitet „Zweitschlagskapazität“ gegen China vor",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/eu-gipfel-unterstutzung-fur-merz-und-macron-europa-bereitet",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-15T15:11:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/eu-gipfel-europa-bereitet-zweitschlagskapazitaet-gegen-china-vor/100260833.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Brussels and Shanghai - EU leaders plan to empower the European Commission at their summit in Brussels to swiftly develop new tools to counter Chinese market distortions and better protect European industry from unfair competition. The goal is to increasingly rely on deterrence, while maintaining dialogue with China. The inspiration is the U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt's dictum: \"Speak softly and carry a big stick.\" The plan is for the Commission to expand the EU's \"instrumentarium\" with new tools to counterbalance market imbalances, according to the draft summit declaration, which the Handelsblatt has seen. Early successes in the negotiations with China are seen as confirmation of this new strategy. The EU's industrial sector also backs the proposal, stating that Europe is now in a better position than a few years ago, thanks to the ability to correct market distortions. Carlo D’Andrea, Vice President of the European Chamber of Commerce in China, noted on Thursday at a media roundtable in Shanghai that \"this does not mean making threats.\"",
  "summary": "Die EU will China nicht nur im Dialog begegnen, sondern auch drohen können: Ein Gegenschlag-Instrument soll Peking abschrecken. Doch die rechtliche Umsetzung gilt als schwierig.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Handelsblatt",
        "title": "Federal politics: Live now: Merz delivers government statement in the Bundestag",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/bundespolitik-jetzt-live-merz-gibt-regierungserklarung-im-bundestag",
        "published": "2026-10-14T12:06:07.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}