BRUSSELS: European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen warned on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila), ahead of an annual EU-China summit, that Europe won't tolerate its soaring trade imbalance with China forever.

While the president of the European Commission stressed that EU states would prefer negotiations to a trade war, she left an implied threat of protectionist measures on the table.

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