# EU faces 300,000 factory job cuts as China ‘colonises’ supply chains, industry warns

https://mins.news/en/item/47522

- The Guardian, 2026-09-06 17:00 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/sep/06/eu-factory-job-cuts-china-colonises-supply-chains-industry-warns

> Eurometal warns that EU manufacturing could lose 300,000 jobs during the rest of 2026 unless Brussels halts what it calls the “colonisation” of industry by Chinese component makers. The group will protest in Brussels with 10 symbolic coffins, while the EU and China pursue a three-month effort to avert a trade war.