{"id":159225,"date":"2026-10-23T12:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T12:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=159225"},"modified":"2026-10-23T12:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T12:30:09","slug":"the-eu-is-its-own-worst-enemy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=159225","title":{"rendered":"The EU is its own worst enemy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostBeijing has told Brussels not to \u201cfantasise\u201d that pressure will extract concessions. This came after China made a goodwill gesture in the recent hybrid-car trade deal. The European Union responded by doubling down on a proposed trade \u201ckill switch\u201d.<br \/>\nThe instrument follows a Franco-German proposal. It would let the bloc swiftly restrict single-market access in response to economic coercion. EU chief Ursula von der Leyen says all 27 leaders back it. Chemicals and machinery are priority sectors&#8230;.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/china-opinion\/article\/3371752\/eu-its-own-worst-enemy\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostBeijing has told Brussels not to \u201cfantasise\u201d that pressure will extract concessions. This came after China made a goodwill gesture in the recent hybrid-car&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\/159225"}],"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=159225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159225\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=159225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=159225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=159225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}