Diplomatic sources vent frustration that punishing trade measures are still on the table, with few concessions from Beijing.
27 Jun 2025 - 5:51PM videocam
Development comes as bloc continues push for structural solution to tense issue that has leapt atop bilateral agenda.
Chinese dominance of the global supply has leapfrogged into top place as the main issue in a troubled relationship.
Correspondence obtained by the Post reveals President Roberta Metsola’s efforts to normalise ties with Beijing in recent months.
Statement precedes planned meeting with Wang Yi in Beijing and Anhui.
Post’s analysis of Beijing’s trade data for May shows huge amounts of batteries, laptops, smartphones and solar panels going to the bloc.
24 Jun 2025 - 12:16AM videocam
A month out from their leaders’ summit, few are expecting any meaningful improvement in ties between Beijing and Brussels.
Some EU officials believe Beijing is trying to distract from what they consider to be serious problems by poking holes in the terminology.
20 Jun 2025 - 11:43AM videocam
After months of soft-pedalling, EC chief urges leaders to unite against China’s dominance of rare earths supply chains.
17 Jun 2025 - 6:00PM videocam
Brussels cites ‘interference’ in Dalai Lama succession plan and jailed Uygur and Tibetan activists as examples of erosion of freedoms.
Industry urges Brussels to impose trade barriers to protect it, saying ‘China is not playing fair, and politicians must respond to this’.
13 Jun 2025 - 2:00PM videocam
Ahead of its own crunch talks, Europe looks for clues in Washington-Beijing engagement that could reshape its global trade ties.
13 Jun 2025 - 4:02PM videocam
Rise in shipments that followed US tariff war may trigger action from Brussels if it deems that threatens European industries.
11 Jun 2025 - 9:57PM videocam
European leaders have called for greater self-reliance, but some in Brussels warn that it must overcome a credibility gap to do so.
9 Jun 2025 - 5:17PM videocam
Bloc’s trade chief urges Beijing to ‘address systemic issues’ like market access barriers and critical minerals export restrictions.
6 Jun 2025 - 2:27AM videocam
EU trade chief says bloc’s manufacturers have been harmed by controls on elements ‘absolutely essential for industrial production’.
Influential European lobby group says it senses Beijing is overwhelmed with applications to export the highly sought-after minerals.
4 Jun 2025 - 7:09PM videocam
The stark contrast between Spain’s wish for close economic ties and Czech suspicion highlights the growing divide within the EU over China.
4 Jun 2025 - 12:27AM videocam
EU members vote to exclude Chinese firms from tendering processes for five-year period.
2 Jun 2025 - 11:11PM videocam
Hackers linked to Chinese spy agency blamed for attack, which EU’s top diplomat calls an ‘unacceptable violation of international norms’.
They may be stuck in a stalemate, with Beijing unlikely to yield on demands to intervene in Russia’s war on Ukraine or change economic model.
27 May 2025 - 3:33AM videocam
Truck maker Windrose wants to be ‘first of many’ to bring EV ecosystem to Europe, matching Macron’s ambitions for ‘Battery Valley’ in France.
The bloc’s ambassador Jorge Toledo said he was ‘afraid we are not going to hold’ key talks paving the way for a leaders’ summit.
23 May 2025 - 8:30PM videocam
Authorities ask lawmaking body to waive the accused’s immunity so that they can be investigated under the two-month probe.
After a significant cooling in investment activity there was a 47 per cent rise last year to €10 billion, according to a new report.
21 May 2025 - 6:01AM videocam
Continent’s outlook is bleak despite reduced Sino-American tensions as it needs to adapt quickly amid Washington’s efforts, analysts say.
16 May 2025 - 4:43PM videocam
‘Hungary is benefiting from these very intensive Chinese economic and trade relations. We’re not willing to give that up’: Budapest official.
15 May 2025 - 7:01PM videocam
With ‘international order changing profoundly’, Friedrich Merz says China’s relations with Russia are an area of ‘great concern’.
China is ready to work with the US to manage differences and make the ‘pie of cooperation bigger’, state media quotes vice-premier as saying.
12 May 2025 - 1:47PM videocam
European officials are studying the agreement for signs of how Trump might cajole them into adopting tougher policies on China.
10 May 2025 - 7:43PM videocam