{"id":154316,"date":"2026-07-09T13:00:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=154316"},"modified":"2026-07-09T13:00:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T13:00:48","slug":"how-europes-rush-for-chinese-air-conditioners-exposes-the-gap-in-brussels-trade-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=154316","title":{"rendered":"How Europe\u2019s rush for Chinese air conditioners exposes the gap in Brussels\u2019 trade policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostA heatwave is driving unprecedented demand for Chinese air conditioners in Europe, just as Brussels seeks to narrow its record trade deficit with China through new restrictions.<br \/>\nObservers said this exposed a glaring contradiction between public demand and political rhetoric, adding that the European Union was shifting blame for the trade deficit instead of addressing its own structural shortcomings.<br \/>\nThe record-breaking heatwave has disrupted transit infrastructure, triggered droughts and led to&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3360020\/how-europes-rush-chinese-air-conditioners-exposes-gap-brussels-trade-policy?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostA heatwave is driving unprecedented demand for Chinese air conditioners in Europe, just as Brussels seeks to narrow its record trade deficit with China&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154316"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=154316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154316\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=154316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=154316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=154316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}