{
  "id": 14915083,
  "title": "EU backs trade ‘kill switch’, China exports surge, third-quarter GDP",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/eu-backs-trade-kill-switch-china-exports-surge-third-quarter-gdp-14915083",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-16T09:00:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/plus/economy/china-economy/article/3371152/eu-backs-trade-kill-switch-china-exports-surge-third-quarter-gdp"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "European Union leaders supported creating a tool to potentially shut out Chinese goods as a growing flood of low-cost imports pushed the bilateral trade deficit to a record. Officials could start work on developing a trade “kill switch”, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen signalled to EU leaders at a Brussels meeting on Thursday, the South China Morning Post reported, citing…",
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        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "EU backs trade ‘kill switch’, China exports surge, third-quarter GDP",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/eu-backs-trade-kill-switch-china-exports-surge-third-quarter-gdp",
        "published": "2026-10-16T09:00:10.000Z"
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  "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."
}