In a speech yesterday on international affairs, Micheál Martin, the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence, laid out his vision for the Irish and EU relationship with China.

As a follow up to the Macron-Xi meeting earlier this month, the Chinese government recently started the domestic process of allowing more French food imports, and moved ahead with the regulatory process for two French GI applications.

At a Peterson Institute event today, Gabrielius Landsbergis, Lithuania's Minister of Foreign Affairs, explained the background and details of China's trade restrictions that were imposed after Lithuania allowed a Taiwanese economic office in Vilnius to be labelled with the word "Taiwan."

As part of a visit to the U.S. where he was meeting with his USTR counterparts, European Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis spoke at a think tank event, where he offered remarks about various aspects of EU thinking on China trade issues. Dombrovskis emphasized the importance of not being dependent

French President Emmanuel Macron just finished a high-profile state visit in China. Trade and economic cooperation was one of the topics that Macron discussed with Chinese leaders, and a number of agreements on food, aircraft, container ships, and energy were reached and signed last week.

At a press conference today in conjunction with her meetings with Chinese leaders, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen commented on a number of general aspects of China-EU economic relations, such as imbalances in trade and the EU's new "de-risking" approach, as well as the

In advance of a visit to China next week, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen gave a speech today that outlines the latest EU thinking on foreign policy and economic policy relating to China. There were elements of the speech that seemed to push a more aggressive approach towards