New European trade laws targeting China’s growing influence in industry could disrupt upcoming UK-EU talks, according to government officials. The proposed "Made in Europe" legislation, intended to restrict foreign investment in key sectors, was not part of the recent reset agreement between the UK and EU. Sources warn the measures risk excluding British businesses from European markets, complicating post-Brexit economic relations. The dispute threatens to overshadow efforts to rebuild cooperation between the two sides.
Government sources say legislation aimed at China poses a risk to British businesses and must be addressedEuropean legislation that threatens to lock British business out of EU industry could derail a planned reset summit between the bloc and the UK, government sources have said.The “Made in Europe” legislation – formally known as the Industrial Accelerator Act – is designed to curb China’s increasing presence in European industry, but was not on the reset plan agreed by the former prime minister, Keir Starmer, and the European Commission chief, Ursula von der Leyen, in London in May 2025. Continue reading...
