“Nice talks are not enough. If I cannot bring by October something concrete, this will not be satisfactory for European leaders and there will be a strong political movement for harsher measures,” EU trade boss Sefcovic tells me on China. euronews

Sefcovic: “They [EU27] want to see the direction of travel. They want to have a concept for the solution, a pilot scheme by October. I’m trying to do it through negotiations, but they have to bring us very concrete results. Otherwise, of course, there will be a strong political movement to push for harsher measures.”