# Merz Says EU Seeks to Avoid Trade ‘Conflict’ With China

https://mins.news/en/video/109274

- Bloomberg Television, 2026-10-21 10:00 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i9LP2s3eFY

> German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the EU wants to avoid a trade war with China while protecting itself from a new dimension of overcapacity and an undervalued currency. He told Bloomberg Television’s Stephanie Flanders at the Berlin Global Dialogue that the aim is a new balance in trade, not conflict.

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