France eyes China-EU climate leadership with Washington out of the room

France wants Brussels and Beijing to publicly reaffirm the importance of the Paris climate agreement while preparing for an EU-China summit in July.

Chinaโ€™s Economy with Promising Prospects: Pursuing Progress while Ensuring Stability [Promoted content]

At present, due to factors such as unilateralism, protectionism, and geopolitics, the world economic growth lacks momentum and faces severe challenges. Against this backdrop, the international community, including Europe, is paying more attention to Ch…

Lithuania hopes to woo Trump with its anti-China stance

The country aims to curry favor and keep the U.S. president committed to transatlantic defense by being the first to catch the mood in Washington.

Reviewing the 50-Year Journey of China-EU Relations, Joining Hands to Embrace a Shared Future [Promoted content]

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the EU, the Mission of China to the European Union is launching a photography, cartoon, and short video creative contest under the theme of โ€œReviewing the …

The EUโ€™s Trump-China dilemma

Another issue affecting EU-China relations is China’s increasingly close political and economic ties with Russia.
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Chinese firms decry EUโ€™s โ€˜over-emphasisโ€™ on economic security

โ€œChinese companies believe the overemphasis on economic security will disrupt the division of labour in global supply chain networks,โ€ reports the China Chamber of Commerce to the EU.
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Chasing the spectre of de-industrialisation [Promoted content]

In order to keep up with China and the US in the geo-economic race, for Europe there is no way around clean tech. Could Trump even be an opportunity here?

Chinese firms condemn Draghiโ€™s support for tariffs

Chinese firms operating in the EU have fiercely criticised Mario Draghiโ€™s suggestion that further tariffs might be necessary to protect European industries from foreign competition, warning that such measures could escalate already tense trade relation…

Sรกnchez pledges โ€˜constructive effortsโ€™ to help bridge China-EU differences

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sรกnchez contacted Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday, pledging Spain’s “constructive efforts” to foster a richer and more balanced relationship between China and the European Union amid ongoing tariff disputes.

Live from Bruegel Annual Summit

EU policy thinktank Bruegel is hosting its annual summit on where legislation should go in the next five years. Check our live updates here for the key takeaways of the day

China targets EU cheese and milk in anti-subsidy investigation

China has initiated an anti-subsidy probe into dairy products imported from the European Union, once again placing the blocโ€™s agri-food sector at the forefront of trade tensions between Beijing and Brussels.

Europeโ€™s strategic autonomy at risk as EU economy lags far behind US, Hungarian top official warns

European policymakers must urgently enact measures to prevent the EU economy from becoming drastically smaller than that of the United States, a top Hungarian official warned on Wednesday (17 July).

China-EU consultations launched on electric-vehicle subsidy probe

Chinaโ€™s Wang Wentao and EUโ€™s Valdis Dombrovskis agreed to start the consultations in a video call on Saturday.

China-EU consultations launched on electric-vehicle subsidy probe

Chinaโ€™s Wang Wentao and EUโ€™s Valdis Dombrovskis agreed to start the consultations in a video call on Saturday.

EU tariffs on China too low to protect Europeโ€™s car industry โ€“ former top US trade official

“It just doesn’t add up to enough to really counteract all of those forces that you see… I think what you could anticipate is those vehicles could continue coming in and being sold at essentially the same price they are today.”

Renew, ID lead pre-EU election debate as EPPโ€™s von der Leyen keeps low profile

IDโ€™s Anders Vistesen, who repeatedly sparred with von der Leyen during the first debate, mostly directed his ire last night on Renewโ€™s Sandro Gozi, leaving the floor clear for von der Leyen to present her economic prescriptions largely unchallenged.

Xi Jinping sends love letter to Viktor Orbรกn

Chinese leader prepares for arrival in Budapest with gushing missive to Hungary.

Serbia prepares warm welcome for Xi in contrast to China-EU tensions

Chinese president hails two countriesโ€™ friendship before his arrival, after visiting Pyrenees with MacronChinese flags adorned highways as Serbia got ready to give a home-from-home welcome to Xi Jinping, contrasting tensions on the first leg of the Chi…

Xiโ€™s European tour: where is Chinese leader going and what are visitโ€™s aims?

Emmanuel Macron and Viktor Orbรกn among leaders Xi is meeting, with several key issues on the tableChinaโ€™s president, Xi Jinping, has begun a three-country tour of Europe โ€“ his first state visit to the continent in five years โ€“ at a time when China-EU t…

The Essence of China-EU Trade and Economic Relations is Mutual Benefit and Win-Win [Promoted content]

Over the past year, amid heightened global geopolitical tensions, the European Union has viewed its trade and economic cooperation with China as a “risk point”, and the trend is intensifying

EU Commission probes Alphabet, Apple, Meta; issues guidelines for addressing digital risks to elections

Welcome to Euractivโ€™s Tech Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU.

China warns EU, UK of โ€˜negative impactโ€™ after unprecedented sanctions

EU’s action “violates the consensus and spirit” between Xi and von der Leyen, Beijing says in a furious statement.

EU reveals new economic security plan to resist โ€˜fierceโ€™ Chinese tech competition

The European Commission officially unveiled plans to strengthen the EUโ€™s economic security on Wednesday (24 January), marking the latest attempt by Brussels to counter Chinese influence over strategically sensitive areas of the blocโ€™s economy.