Due to be sold overseas - or to European Community (8)
I believe the answer is:
expected
'due' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
'sold overseas or to european community' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'european' could be 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU) and 'e' is present in the answer.
'community' could be 'ec' (abbreviation for European Community) and 'ec' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'to be' is the link.
(Other definitions for expected that I've seen before include "Seen as likely to happen" , "Apprehended" , "Looked forward to" , "That's not surprising" , "Assumed; required as due" .)