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EU leaders hold key meeting on China

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Brussels thinks someone really oughta do something about Europe’s trade imbalance with China. On June 18, EU leaders convened in Brussels to discuss “global macroeconomic imbalances,” a polite euphemism for the bloc’s yawning trade deficit with Beijing. Some context: In recent months, the EU has amp...