In a statement published this week, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers urged the European Union to use caution in its anti-subsidy investigation, warning that it may harm the EU EV industry and global carbon neutrality goals.

Just as the U.S. has been rethinking its economic relationship with China in recent years, Europeans have begun doing the same thing, to some extent in response to pressure from the U.S. As part of a recent trip to China, European Commission Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis gave several

At the 10th EU-China High-Level Trade and Economic Dialogue in Beijing, which was co-chaired by Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng and European Commission Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis, the two sides discussed trade, supply chains, and financial services, and agreed to create working groups for some contentious trade issues.

During a press conference last week, China's Ministry of Commerce spokesperson He Yadong offered comments on the upcoming China-EU High-Level Economic and Trade Dialogue, China's outbound investment, trade disputes with Australia, and the implementation of export controls on gallium and germanium.

Last week, China's Ministry of Commerce announced the extension of the countervailing measures on EU potato starch, maintaining countervailing duties of up to 12.4%. The reasoning of the decision is summarized below.

China's Ministry of Commerce expressed "high concern and strong dissatisfaction" with the European Commission's announcement about an anti-subsidy investigation on imports of Chinese electric vehicles (EVs).

The European Parliament's Committee on International Trade recently released a draft opinion on the security and defense implications of China’s influence on critical infrastructure in the European Union.