China's Industrial Surge Costs Poland Over 11 Billion Euros, Threatens 45,000 Jobs

China's aggressive industrial expansion into Europe is causing significant economic damage, with Poland alone losing over 11 billion euros and facing the threat of 45,000 job cuts. The automotive, machinery, and IT sectors are particularly vulnerable.

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Only in Polish industry are about 45,000 jobs threatened with reduction – primarily in the battery, automotive parts, household appliances, and steel sectors.

A report from the Employers' Association and the Centre for Eastern Studies details how China's "economic trap" is impacting European businesses. China's massive global production and trade dominance, evidenced by a record $179 billion trade surplus in 2025, is flooding European markets. Key EU industries like automotive, machinery, and electronics have suffered billions in losses.

The report points to critical dependencies, with China controlling vast percentages of global production for pharmaceuticals, lighting equipment, solar panels, rare earth metals, and magnets. This control extends to e-commerce, automotive, and cybersecurity.

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In the EU, due to Chinese economic dominance, about 500 people lose their jobs in the industrial sector every day.

This dominance is not market-driven but a result of Beijing's deliberate state strategy. This includes economic planning, subsidies, cheap credit, technology theft, and systematically underpricing production. Experts warn that China intentionally builds dependency, using it as a tool for geopolitical pressure, as seen in its export control regimes and restrictions on critical materials.

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Beijing consciously builds asymmetry of dependence – it limits its own dependence on foreign countries, while at the same time deepening the world's dependence on China and increasingly using it as a tool of pressure.