China-EU Relations

The European Commission announced yesterday that it had approved "a €130 million Lithuanian scheme to support and facilitate access to finance by companies affected by the exceptional circumstances resulting from China's discriminatory trade restrictions on Lithuania."

At an event put on by the Georgetown Law Center's Institute of International Economic Law, entitled "War and Values: Deepening the Transatlantic Bond at a Time of Crisis," European Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis was asked about the implications of Russia's invasion of Ukraine for economic relations with China.

The European Union Chamber of Commerce recently released a report detailing recommendations to improve the business environment and development in the southwest region of China.

At a Peterson Institute event today, entitled "Sanctions, Russia's war, and the future of trade," a U.S. scholar and a European Commission official both offered some thoughts on the future of economic relations with China.

On April 1, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang met virtually with President of the European Council Charles Michel and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen for the 23rd China-EU Summit. Although a large portion of the meeting focused on the Russia-Ukraine war, the two

At a European Parliament hearing yesterday, the draft report of the rapporteur, Jan Zahradil, on the European Union's "Indo-Pacific strategy in the area of trade and investment" was discussed by members of the Parliament's international trade committee. The report covered a number of issues, and we focus here on the

Yesterday, Chinese President Xi Jinping had a virtual meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron, during which Xi mentioned that China and the EU should deepen their partnership in several areas.