北京警告布鲁塞尔不要“幻想”通过强硬手段迫使其让步，因为欧盟确认了计划推出一项强硬的新“杀伤开关”，该机制将允许布鲁塞尔“立即”将中国排除在单一市场之外。
Beijing warned Brussels not to “fantasise” that taking a hard line will force it into concessions, as the bloc confirmed plans for a gung-ho new kill switch that will allow Brussels to “immediately” kick China out of the single market.
就在双方上周达成意外协议，限制中国向欧洲出口混合动力汽车的数量仅一周后，这一升级表明，世界三大经济体中的两个之间爆发贸易战的威胁远未消散。
Exactly a week after the two sides struck a surprise deal to restrict the volume of hybrid cars China ships to Europe, the flare-up suggests the threat of a trade war between two of the world’s three biggest economies has far from subsided.
商务部周五在一份声明中表示：“欧盟不应幻想通过施压获取利益，也不应低估中国维护自身利益的决心和能力。”
“The EU should not fantasise about gaining benefits through pressure, nor should it underestimate China’s determination and ability to safeguard its own interests,” read a Ministry of Commerce statement on Friday.
该声明是针对《南华早报》及其他媒体的报道作出的回应，这些报道称布鲁塞尔认为欧洲的强硬言论迫使北京达成协议。
The statement was in response to reports from the South China Morning Post and other media that Brussels believed that tough talk from Europe had forced Beijing to make a deal.
此前，欧盟两大成员国——法国和德国——联合提出了一项新机制，旨在应对中国的胁迫和经济扭曲。在本周欧洲理事会峰会之前，外界常说“双轨”应对中国的方式——即对话与行动威胁并存——已经奏效。
This came after the two biggest EU members – France and Germany – jointly proposed a new weapon aimed at hitting back at Chinese coercion and economic distortions. In the run-up to this week’s European Council summit, it was often said that the “two-track” approach to China – dialogue and the threat of action – had worked.
商务部严厉驳斥称：“‘欧盟施压证明有效’的说法完全站不住脚。”
“The claim that ‘pressure from the EU side proved effective’ is entirely groundless,” the ministry said, in a stern rebuke.
欧盟委员会主席乌尔苏拉·冯德莱恩周五在比利时首都布鲁塞尔举行的欧洲理事会峰会后的新闻发布会上确认，将推进该新机制的研发工作，并将其与对北京的加强对话相结合。
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen confirmed plans to develop the new weapon on Friday during a press conference after the European Council summit in the Belgian capital.
冯德莱恩表示：“我们将在此[法德]文件的基础上，通过限制进入单一市场的方式，制定一项用于果断行动的新工具——快速且立即生效，只要这符合欧盟的利益。”
This will come alongside intensified dialogue with Beijing.
她早在一天前就向欧盟27国领导人提出了这一构想，并获得了全体一致支持。
“Building on this [French-German] paper, we’ll develop a new instrument for decisive action by limiting access to the single market where it is in the union’s interest – fast and immediately,” said von der Leyen.
在周二午餐时间的辩论中，德国总理弗里德里希·默茨是中国政策最强硬的批评者之一。这对一位领导人来说是一个惊人的转变，因为他仅在半年前还曾呼吁与北京签署自由贸易协定。
She had pitched the idea to the bloc’s 27 leaders a day earlier, where it gained unanimous support. Among the strongest critics of China’s policies at a lunchtime debate was German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, a remarkable turnaround for a leader who, barely half a year ago, called for a free-trade agreement with Beijing.
如今，欧盟官员表示，柏林希望在欧盟对华政策中“掌舵”。在峰会期间，德国官员在场边透露，现在不会再回头，他们言语中充满了兴奋之情，称所有其他成员国都围拢在所谓的“开关”理念周围。
Now, EU officials say Berlin wants to be “driving the train” on the EU’s China policy. German officials on the margins of the summit confirmed there would be no going back now, speaking with an air of ebullience that all other member states had rallied round the so-called “kill switch” idea.
冯德莱恩证实，更多的贸易保障措施即将出台，允许对广泛的产品群实施配额和关税。
Von der Leyen confirmed that more trade safeguards are coming, allowing quotas and tariffs to be implemented on broad groups of products.
虽然她没有透露将选择哪些行业，但冯德莱恩告诉领导人，化工和机械是优先领域，据《南华早报》周四报道。
While she did not say which sectors would be chosen, von der Leyen told the leaders chemicals and machinery were the priorities, the SCMP reported on Thursday.
法国总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙在峰会后的新闻发布会上表示，欧盟应将化工、塑料和铁合金列为目标。
French President Emmanuel Macron said in his post-summit press conference that the bloc should target chemicals, plastics and ferroalloys.
官方消息人士表示，他们希望在12月提出这一新工具，作为一个包含多元化工具的方案的一部分，该多元化工具将迫使企业减少对中国供应的依赖；同时还包括一个团结机制，以补偿因北京报复而受损的国家。
Official sources said they want to propose the new instrument in December as part of a package that also includes a diversification instrument, which would force companies to reduce their reliance on Chinese supplies, and a solidarity mechanism to compensate those hit by Beijing’s retaliation.
他们表示，如果北京胁迫欧洲，例如因欧盟加强贸易调查而切断稀土矿产出口，则将启动该工具。该工具的启动需要27个成员国中至少13国的支持。然而，人们承认，使其符合世界贸易组织规则将具有挑战性。
They said it would be used if Beijing coerced Europe, for example by cutting it off from rare earth mineral exports in response to the ramping up of EU trade probes. The instrument would need the support of 13 of 27 member states to be triggered. However, it is acknowledged that making it compliant with World Trade Organization rules will be challenging.
冯德莱恩形容会议室内出现了“非凡的团结”——这是与之前峰会的巨大变化，当时领导人经常在华政策上难以达成一致，以至于该议题经常被踢出议程。
Von der Leyen described “remarkable unity” in the room – a sea change from previous summits, where leaders were often so unlikely to agree on China policy that the topic was frequently kicked off the agenda.
其他欧盟国家领导人在周四和周五的峰会期间也表示支持对华采取“双轨”方针。
Other EU national leaders lent their support to the “two-track” approach towards China during Thursday and Friday’s summit.
“在座的所有人都达成共识，认为我们需要解决这个问题——货币贬值问题、补贴过剩产能以及组织关键依赖并将这些依赖武器化的问题都是有问题的，”比利时首相巴特·德韦弗在新闻发布会上表示。
“There’s a complete consensus around the table that we need to work on that problem, problems of currency depreciation, subsidising overcapacity and organising critical dependencies and weaponising these dependencies are problematic,” said Belgian Prime Minister Bart de Wever, at a press conference.
“所有人都处于贸易逆差的状态，这其实是件好事，因为我们终于都同意这种情况不能继续下去了，”比利时首相补充道，并称这次“非常好的辩论”是“朝着正确方向迈出的一步”。
“The advantage of all being in the negative [trade balance] is we finally all agree that this cannot go on like this,” said the Belgian premier, adding that the “very good debate” was a “step in the right direction”.
立陶宛总统吉塔纳斯·瑙塞达在峰会边会对记者表示，所谓的“开关”将被用于“限制中国产品进入欧洲市场，包括完全关闭我们的市场”，前提是“中国从事某些不公平的贸易行为”。“这将是一种极端措施，一种强硬的工具，”瑙塞达补充道。
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda told reporters on the summit’s margins that the so-called “kill switch” would be used to “restrict the entry of Chinese products into the European market, including a complete closure of our market,” should “China engage in certain unfair trade practices”. “That would be an extreme measure, a drastic instrument,” Nauseda added.