French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz jointly wrote to Ursula von der Leyen, urging the European Union to establish an "emergency cutoff switch" — a mechanism enabling swift action within days — to exclude goods and services from countries engaged in trade conflict with the EU, including in extreme scenarios such as a foreign nation cutting off raw material supplies to Europe. Although the proposal does not explicitly name China, it is widely understood to be designed specifically for potential trade tensions with Beijing. The coordinated call from France and Germany, two nations previously divergent in their approaches toward China, would have seemed implausible just months ago. EU Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis is scheduled to visit Beijing on October 8–9, marking a high-stakes trade negotiation described as the "last chance for dialogue."
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