{"id":158424,"date":"2026-10-06T09:19:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T09:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=158424"},"modified":"2026-10-06T09:19:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T09:19:20","slug":"germany-joins-france-in-call-for-china-trade-defences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=158424","title":{"rendered":"Germany joins France in call for China trade defences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostGermany and France, the European Union\u2019s two largest economies, jointly called for tougher EU trade defences, as European and Chinese negotiators prepare for crunch talks this week under the shadow of a potential trade war.<br \/>\n\u201cThe open and rules-based trade system is massively affected by weaponisation of trade, systemic market-distorting practices, and global macroeconomic imbalances,\u201d German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron said in an open letter. \u201cWe need urgent&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/plus\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3369919\/germany-joins-france-call-china-trade-defences?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 PostGermany and France, the European Union\u2019s two largest economies, jointly called for tougher EU trade defences, as European and Chinese negotiators prepare for crunch&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\/158424"}],"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=158424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158424\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=158424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=158424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=158424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}