# China’s commerce ministry responds to possible EU expansion of trade arrangement to chemicals

https://mins.news/en/item/123383

- CGTN, 2026-10-30 06:09 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-10-30/MOFCOM-address-EU-s-possible-trade-arrangement-expansion-to-chemicals-1RESrx4OTjW/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=China

> China’s Ministry of Commerce responded to reports that the EU may extend a trade understanding with China on hybrid vehicles to chemicals and other sectors. The ministry warned that artificial limits on normal trade could breach WTO rules, increase downstream costs and threaten global supply chains, while saying recent bilateral talks had made positive progress.

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