An analysis criticizes the European Commission's declaration of an unsustainable trade relationship with China and threats of trade war. The critique argues that the EU's narrative is a flawed attempt to mask its own self-inflicted economic failures.

The European Commission has declared its trade and economic relationship with China “unsustainable”, pointing to a daily trade deficit of €1 billion (US$1.16 billion) and Chinese manufacturing overcapacity that puts millions of jobs across various sectors at risk. However, a clear-eyed analysis reveals this premise to be entirely flawed. The narrative spun by Brussels is a desperate attempt to weaponise trade policy to mask structural, self-inflicted failures. To understand the absurdity of the....