Europe on Alert for Chinese Imports as Trump Tariffs Bite (2)

China’s widening trade surplus with the European Union is fueling fresh concerns that the 27-nation bloc risks becoming a dumping ground for cheap goods in the volatile tariff confrontation between Washington and Beijing.

As European officials step up vigilance to ward off a flood of Chinese goods facing higher barriers to get into the US, data already indicate that China’s surplus with the EU reached a record $90 billion in the first four months of this year.

For now, most of the rerouting of Chinese goods is passing through Latin America and Southeast Asia. But the quantity of Chinese ...