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

The European Parliament's Committee on International Trade (INTA) held a meeting on March 20 and 21, touching on issues related to EU-China relations, an EU-Taiwan trade agreement, and avoiding dependence on Chinese raw material processing.

In an interview from earlier in February, Ambassador Fu Cong, Head of the Chinese Mission to the EU, offered some insights into official Chinese government thinking on the following issues: other countries' economic relationships with Taiwan, restrictions on trade in Chinese products due to labor/human rights concerns, the

During recent interviews, the new Ambassador to the EU, Fu Cong, played up the relationship with the European Union, and laid out his proposal to revive the Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI), which was concluded in 2020 but put on ice after after sanctions from both sides caused the relationship