EU conservative chief urges tougher China trade stance, Bild am Sonntag reports

ZURICH, June 7 (Reuters) – The head of the conservative European People’s Party in the European Parliament has ?called for a tougher European Union trade policy ?towards China, warning that Beijing’s industrial strength threatened parts of Europe’s economy, Bild am Sonntag reported. “The time of ?naivety is over,” Manfred Weber told the ?newspaper. “We must defend European interests more clearly, ?more firmly and more consistently.” Sign up here. • Weber, a ?senior figure in Germany’s CSU party, said the EU’s ?trade deficit with China, which he put at almost €1 billion ($1.15 billion) a day, was no longer sustainable and…