Victoria Craig

China is investing billions of dollars to ramp up auto manufacturing for the European market and bring it closer to the continent.

That is setting off alarm bells in Brussels.

Peter Foster, the FT's global trade editor, joins me now to chat about this trend.

Hi, Peter.

Hi.

So Morocco has really become a sort of epicenter of this concern.

Just walk us through what exactly is happening there.

And we'll talk more about Brussels' concerns about all of this.

But first, you were recently in Morocco, seeing some of these companies set up shop there.

How much investment are we talking about here?

As you said, Peter, the EU is watching all of this with growing angst.

So what exactly can the bloc do about it?

So does this sort of simmering tension risk longer-term permanent damage with the EU?

Peter Foster, the FT's Global Trade Editor.

Thanks for walking us through this.

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