Europacable, together with 𝟒𝟑 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 sent a statement to EU Ambassadors, President Ursula von der Leyen, Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné and Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič, calling for a more ambitious and effective EU Trade Defence framework to ensure fair, rules-based competition and strengthen Europe’s industrial base.
Unfair trade practices, state-driven distortions and high energy and other costs are putting growing pressure on European competitiveness. In 2025 alone, the EU’s goods trade deficit with China reached €359.8 billion, almost €1 billion every day.
𝐈𝐟 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞, 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐣𝐨𝐛𝐬, 𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐔 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐱 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲.
Together, we are calling on EU Member States to support three priorities
- 𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐆 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐄
- 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬
- 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞-𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬
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