Finbarr Bermingham(@fbermingham):The EU has chickened out of two safeguard probes in the chemicals sector because it doesn't want to jeopardise talks with China, @JoannaSopinska (again!) reports Looks like these probes will be on hold until after October now, despite the industrial emergency

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Finbarr Bermingham@fbermingham

2026.07.27 09:25

The EU has chickened out of two safeguard probes in the chemicals sector because it doesn't want to jeopardise talks with China, @JoannaSopinska (again!) reports Looks like these probes will be on hold until after October now, despite the industrial emergency