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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
The EU industry chief secured a ‘commitment’ in Washington for a memorandum on critical minerals, but anxiety is growing.
Luuk van Middelaar explains return of great-power rule, Europe’s wake-up call and its struggle to fend off Putin in Ukraine and respond to ‘danger’ from US.
Investigation is being carried out under the bloc’s foreign subsidies regulation, a tool that is expected to be widely used this year.
In Brussels, a form of transactional pragmatism has taken root as bloc seeks to weather US hostility.
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Prime minister says Beijing has removed 2021 curbs on MPs as part of a wider reset, though sanctions on others appear to remain.
Brussels diversifies away from China and US risks, while the pact makes India a more attractive place for European firms to sell vehicles and fuel growth.
EU leaders appear to have finally accepted they are facing a new era of great power competition – the question now is how they respond.
Export slide matched by import upward swing comes amid divisive debate on how German industry can deal with China’s manufacturing prowess.
French president advocates use of the EU’s anti-coercion mechanism against US tariffs, as he warns of moving ‘towards a world without rules’.
European Commission plan would make vendor removals mandatory within three years and allow broader curbs if China is deemed a cyber risk.
Bloc has been reluctant to act on his various punitive moves, but many now believe that a threshold has been crossed, analysts say.
From aircraft orders in France to reopened beef and pork markets for Ireland and Spain, mainland officials are leaning hard into diplomacy.
While melancholy Europe frets that the US and China will shape the future, middle powers are jostling for a place at the big table.
China’s challenge to Europe’s industrial might and the end of coalition with US has plunged continent into crisis. Can it recover, asks Bulgarian expert Ivan Krastev.
EU leaders are set to meet amid growing concern in Brussels that the bloc’s divisions will impede meaningful action across a range of issues.
Multiple sources confirm increase in Beijing backing before China-Russia ties are discussed by ministers from the EU’s 27 members on Monday.
Raids, probes and new screening rules collide with widening splits between Paris and Berlin over how tough to be on Beijing.
Brussels warns Washington against interference as Trump’s outline accuses Europe of decline and backs far-right movements across the bloc.
As Europe’s biggest economy is pummelled by structural problems and external threats, rocky China ties are compounding the dreary picture.
Karremans faces criticism after Beijing choked off chip flows and scrutiny of his move to invoke a Cold War-era security law.
Bloc’s acceptance of a narrow review process from a manufacturer may give others hope that tariffs could be reduced or removed.
Some 55 per cent of those surveyed would rather not align with either superpower, while 48 per cent saw Trump as ‘a foe of Europe’.
Twin proposals aim to boost economic arsenal while cutting China dependence as 27-nation bloc fights for survival in era of trade warfare.
Brussels ends its challenge after saying flows have resumed, though critics note Lithuanian exports to China remain far below 2021 levels.
The absence of an EU leader from talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping would represent a break with recent tradition.
Johann Wadephul also states he backs a speedier form of de-risking and diversifying away from Beijing’s stronghold on critical minerals.
European officials lobby American counterparts to ‘push back’ on Beijing together, while German poll shows wariness towards Washington.
The EU is preparing to unveil a new doctrine on economic security, but it’s a concept that officials and experts say has no clear definition.
Senior officials and diplomats from Asia, Africa and the Pacific will attend a forum in Brussels. Beijing and Washington aren’t invited.
