European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the World Economic Forum (WEF). Photo: VCG. In a speech delivered on Tuesday at the World Economic Forum (WEF), European Comm

The European Union has until Friday to tell the World Trade Organization whether it intends to resume its legal action against Beijing over the alleged coercion of EU member state Lithuania in 2021 after a blazing row over Taiwan.

The European Commission filed a complaint at the World Trade Organization on Monday against what it said was China's "unfair and illegal" practice of setting worldwide royalty rates for EU standard essential patents without the patent owner's consent.

The European Union is debating whether to drop a sensitive trade investigation against China over alleged coercive activity targeting Lithuania, a prospect that’s frustrated officials in Washington, where the incoming Trump team sees it as capitulation to Beijing.

On January 20, 2025, the European Union (EU) has filed a second request for consultations at the World Trade Organization (WTO) aiming to remove allegedly “unfair and illegal trade practices by China in the sphere of intellectual property.

Attacks on underwater cables in strategic areas connecting telecommunication lines and power sources in Asia and Europe are suspected to be coordinated attacks by China and Russia.

With the China-EU relationship entering its 50th year and US president-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House on January 20, how Europe's China policy will evolve has garnered great attention.

The European Union launched a new challenge at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Monday against China's rules on royalty rates for high-tech patents, amid escalating trade tensions between Beijing and Brussels.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday vowed to hit the European Union with tariffs and said his administration was discussing a 10% punitive duty on Chinese imports because fentanyl is being sent from China to the U.

Ling Ji, vice-minister of commerce, hosted a roundtable meeting in Beijing on Tuesday soliciting suggestions from the representatives of European enterprises. Representatives of dozens of major corporations and business organizations from the European Union attended the meeting with representatives of the Ministry of Finance,

"We’re talking about a tariff of 10% on China, based on the fact that they’re sending fentanyl to Mexico and Canada," Trump said, indicating Feb. 1 as a possible date. "Other countries are big abusers also,