As EU’s China trade deficit widens, Germany changes tack to join France’s Beijing pushback

Facing Europe’s ever-widening trade deficit with Beijing, Berlin is increasingly singing the same tune as Paris.

The two nations displayed a united front at this year’s Franco-German Ministerial Council, which will soon be put on paper in a joint road map due by September at the request of Germany.

“Our work between Germany and France is indispensable at a time when Russia threatens our security, when the People’s Republic of China challenges our economy, and when the transatlantic partnership...