China’s Global Times reports: “On July 9 local time, the European Commission officially launched an anti-dumping investigation into ‘Peking duck’ imports from China. Several media outlets noted that this marks the first time in recent years that the EU has extended trade defense measures to the Chinese agricultural sector.
The UK’s Financial Times reported that the EU’s trade-protectionist measures against China are running at record highs, but this anti-dumping investigation “takes the fight to new terrain,” warning that the move “could ignite a trade war between the EU and China.”
The article adds that the move is “not only undignified but also reflects that [Europe’s] policy-making has been dominated by an irrational, China-paranoid anxiety.”
