As the EU erects barriers, China’s trade tilts south and east

China’s foreign trade landscape is undergoing a profound structural realignment, with commercial ties to the developing world accelerating at a remarkable pace while its traditional economic relationship with Europe enters a phase of relative deceleration. This shift is driven by the maturation of the Belt and Road Initiative, strategic supply chain diversification and, most critically, rising scrutiny of trade with China from the European Union. In the first half of the year, trade between...