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Finbarr Bermingham
Europe Correspondent
Finbarr Bermingham reports on Europe-China relations for the Post. He joined the newspaper in 2018, initially on the Political Economy desk reporting primarily on global trade, economics and geopolitics. After a decade on the trade beat in London and Hong Kong, he took up the role of Europe Correspondent, moving to Brussels to report from the heart of the EU. Having helmed the US-China Trade War Update, a weekly podcast, since 2019, he is the current host of the China Geopolitics Podcast.
Finbarr Bermingham reports on Europe-China relations for the Post. He joined the newspaper in 2018, initially on the Political Economy desk reporting primarily on global trade, economics and geopolitics. After a decade on the trade beat in London and Hong Kong, he took up the role of Europe Correspondent, moving to Brussels to report from the heart of the EU. Having helmed the US-China Trade War Update, a weekly podcast, since 2019, he is the current host of the China Geopolitics Podcast.
Areas of Expertise:
Trade, economics, geopoliticsLanguages Spoken:
English
China trying to ‘reshape the global order in line with their interests’, EU says in some of bloc’s strongest official criticism of Beijing.
Brussels looking at ‘case-by-case’ tariffs and quotas after the trade surplus expands by almost a quarter in the first half of the year.
The transatlantic alliance has become unpredictable and even hostile, and many are wondering how much road it has left to run.
Beijing floats buying more European goods as the EU weighs new trade tools and presses for tangible progress by October.
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Top diplomat will try to gauge commitment to Brussels’ increasingly hardline stance during rare tour of Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway.
Marathon session in Brussels sees Beijing agreeing to establish a ‘joint monitoring mechanism of trade flows’ to help ease economic tensions.
There is a growing sense Europe will have to learn to ‘live with’ Beijing’s economic model, which it accuses of undercutting its industries.
European Commission on a mission to craft tools to tackle what the bloc sees as China’s industrial excesses.
Leaders from the 27 European Union member states have met in Brussels to counter Beijing’s growing economic influence.
Late-night meeting ends with instruction to officials to engage with Beijing while preparing tools to defend Europe’s economy.
EU member states poised to confront internal divisions and launch aggressive trade defences against systemic threat posed by Beijing.
Broad coalition of EU members support new trade strategy to prevent China causing European deindustrialisation as key Brussels summit looms.
Kallas cites verified reports of Chinese training for Russian forces as Brussels weighs sanctions and new trade measures.
June 23 meeting in Beijing postponed without warning as bilateral ties deteriorate on a near-daily basis.
Ahead of next week’s leaders’ summit, some are pushing for the bloc to end its ‘naivety’ and forcefully counter cheap imports.
The bloc may force companies to diversify their suppliers, after Beijing’s use of export controls put pressure on EU industry.
Bloc puts ‘carrot-and-stick’ approach to test in high-stakes meeting with Beijing’s international trade envoy on sidelines of OECD meeting.
Trade chief details why bloc needs to take stronger steps to defend itself from what is described as a new ‘China shock’ to its industries.
Highlighting urgency, bloc’s major members offer qualified support of legislative proposal that has deepened tensions with Beijing.
Ahead of a key debate on Friday, most commissioners said to support a more robust stance and broader use of safeguard measures.
Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, France and Lithuania call for more aggressive response to ‘systemic and structural industrial overcapacity’.
As trade differences continue to bite between Beijing and the European Union, could a face-to-face meeting help to ease tensions?
Berlin urged to back stronger European trade instrument against a backdrop of ever-expanding economic problems.
Clashes at a conference in Chinese capital reflect wider tensions that threaten to descend into an economic conflict.
While the chipmaking-gear giant is already banned from selling advanced kit to China, new rule would make low-end products off-limits too.
As Xi Jinping and Donald Trump prepare to meet in Beijing, one European diplomat says the bloc is aware ‘we have little leverage here’.
Sabine Weyand says the 2020 agreement with China is obsolete as Brussels weighs action on ‘macroeconomic imbalances’.
Brussels is polling business groups ahead of commissioners’ meeting but few details of the proposed instrument have been revealed.
EU official says Brussels has identified cybersecurity and dependency risks in Chinese inverters.
