EU debates trade intervention as Chinese imports threaten Europe's chemicals industry
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Carlo Martuscelli
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European chemical manufacturers, particularly PVC producers like Vynova, are struggling to compete with Chinese imports flooding the EU market. The EU is debating how aggressively to intervene with tariffs or other trade measures to protect the domestic chemicals industry, which is facing plant closures and job losses. The article examines the tension between free trade principles and protecting strategic European industries from China's state-subsidized overcapacity.
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· 2 pulledVynova used to be Europe's second-largest producer of polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, a versatile plastic used...
Manufacturers are closing plants and cutting jobs as the EU debates how hard to push back against China.
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