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EU sends envoy to Beijing as rising exports from China raise economic anxiety
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The European Union is bracing for a confrontation with China as a trade deficit exceeding $1 billion a day heightens anxiety over potential job losses and pushes the bloc’s political leaders to take a more aggressive approach toward its second-largest trading partner
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EU sends envoy to Beijing as rising exports from China raise economic anxiety
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