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Jiang Feng argued that the EU's €1 billion daily trade deficit figure is a goods-trade figure that does not account for the EU's substantial services trade surplus with China, and that part of the goods deficit reflects European companies selling goods produced in China back to Europe.
multiple outlets, traced to a single source · Attributed statement · first recorded Oct 11, 4:30 AM
Although several outlets carry this claim, their reporting traces back to a single shared source — so it counts as one confirmation, not several.
How each outlet reported it
CGTNChinese state media · Oct 11, 4:01 AM
The EU trade deficit figure includes goods produced by European companies in China and sold back to Europe, which are in fact European companies selling to Europe
Cites: Jiang Feng · Details: goods produced by European companies
CGTNChinese state media · Oct 11, 4:01 AM
The €1 billion daily trade deficit figure is the goods trade deficit and does not account for EU's substantial surplus in services trade with China
Cites: Jiang Feng · Details: goods trade deficit; services trade surplus