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The latest breaking news and stories on the European Union (EU), an economic and political union of 27 member states mainly located in Europe, which accounts for around a sixth of global economic output. Also covering the EU’s relationship with the UK (post Brexit), China and the US, plus commentary and updates on EU legislation, the euro and trade.
Chinese electric vehicle makers including BYD have relied on booming exports to offset weak domestic sales. Photo: TNS
Electric & new energy vehicles

China’s EV makers face ‘do-or-die moment’ as EU places export quota

China’s carmakers have relied on booming exports to ride out a domestic sales slump, meaning new export curbs will hit hard.

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China’s C919 passenger plane

China’s home-grown aircraft seen securing 5% world market share in next 20 years

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China exports

China’s exports surge by 36% in September, riding wave of tech demand

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Electric & new energy vehicles

As import curbs loom, Chinese carmakers hard to miss at Paris Motor Show

Chinese executive says EU cap could trigger worrying “stampede” as manufacturers relocate production lines.

A Denza Bao 5 on display at the Paris Motor Show on Monday. Photo: Reuters
A BYD Denza Z electric vehicle on display at the Paris Motor Show on Monday. Photo: Reuters
A Zeekr 7GT on display at the Paris Motor Show on Monday. Photo: Reuters
An Aito 7 on display at the Paris Motor Show on Monday. Photo: Reuters
A Chery Tiggo 4 CSH on display at the Paris Motor Show on Monday. Photo: Reuters
China manufacturing

China’s Guangdong province sets ambitious hi-tech manufacturing targets

Officials want to increase adoption of AI in factories, boost production of humanoid robots.

Ukraine

Ukraine clears key hurdle in EU membership bid

Parliament approves minority rights law, prompting the bloc to open new negotiation clusters.

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China-EU relations

China, EU take a breath after deal brings temporary halt to trade tussle

Agreement, praised on both sides, features controls on Chinese EV shipments and tariff reductions, helping to cool tensions – for now.

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Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng (fourth right) meets with European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maros Sefcovic (fourth left) in Beijing on Friday. Photo: Xinhua
China-EU relations

How China and the EU pressed pause on trade war – and what it took to get there

EU officials spoke of a ‘paradigm shift’ in wake of surprise trade deal, saying the ‘nature of the rebalancing exercise has changed’.

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China-EU relations

China-EU car deal eases trade tensions for now at least

A deal to slow China’s hybrid car exports to the European Union has pared one source of trade tensions between the two sides.

Britain

UK’s Burnham says Russia interfered in 2016 Brexit vote

First British leader to openly acknowledge Russian meddling warns European allies of ongoing influence efforts.

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin on October 8, 2026. Burnham has said that Russia interfered in Britain's 2016 Brexit vote. Photo: Reuters
United States

My Take | The US and Israel have gone full rogue

As Israel denounces Nobel Peace laureate Navi Pillay, the US sanctions the entire International Criminal Court.

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The International Criminal Court building in The Hague. The US has added the ICC to its Specially Designated Nationals list, alongside violent criminals and drug cartels. Photo: TNS
Poland

Poland detains suspect in alleged plot to attack PM and defence minister

Online activity leads security forces to arrest man in his 60s amid a heightened nationwide security alert.

China-EU relations

The EU’s China dilemma: how to counter Beijing without alienating friends

Europe grapples with whether efforts to protect its industry from China mirror the US policies it previously railed against.

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Israel-Gaza war

Palestinian leader Abbas postpones elections to September 2027

Palestinians have not held legislative or presidential elections since 2005-2006, after which Hamas seized control of Gaza.

Displaced Palestinians wait to receive food at a charity kitchen in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday. Photo: AFP
Poland

3 injured in Poland’s third youth stabbing attack in 4 days

Two school attacks earlier in the week left one dead and several others wounded, including children.

Ambulances stand outside a TEB Edukacja post-secondary school building following a knife attack on Minska Street in Warsaw, Poland, on Saturday. Photo: via Reuters
China-EU relations

China, EU to explore cooperation in AI and new energy following Beijing talks

The two sides have ‘huge cooperation potential’ in new energy, AI and green low-carbon fields, China’s Ministry of Commerce said on Saturday.

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Artificial intelligence

Alibaba chairman says open source AI approach could be blueprint for Europe

Tsai argues that US export controls on advanced technologies have fuelled the development of China’s AI ecosystem.

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China-EU relations

As I see it | The EU is its own worst enemy

From industrial decline and debt woes to political polarisation, Europe’s crisis is home-grown – and blaming China won’t fix it.

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An automated driverless train manufactured by Siemens is displayed at a trade fair in Berlin on September 22. Europe led in technology in the 1970s but has stagnated since 1990, missing both the IT and AI revolutions. Photo: AFP
Arctic

Why a ‘confrontational posture’ won’t help China in the Arctic

Chinese think tank says Beijing ‘still has considerable policy space’ in the region after US, Denmark and Greenland sign new security pact.

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China-EU relations

China agrees to slash EU hybrid car exports in half, putting brake on trade war

The agreement will see Chinese hybrid vehicle exports decline by ‘several million cars’ in the coming years, EU trade chief says.

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Trade

EU removes Panama from tax haven blacklist

Panama had made progress on sharing tax information and reformed a ‘harmful’ regime of exemptions for foreign-source income.

European Union flags flutter outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. Photo: Reuters
Yuan

China rejects yuan complaints, ‘golden week’ travel, Canton Fair

This week: The PBOC rebuts suggestions of currency manipulation amid EU trade talks, national holiday travel rises, and HSBC’s Singapore AI plans draw Hong Kong questions. Next week: Exporters head to Canton Fair, inflation data to show faster price rises, Nvidia’s Huang may attend Tsinghua University meeting, and more.

The headquarters of the People’s Bank of China in Beijing. Photo VCG via Getty Images
SCMP Highlights

Chinese emperor’s tomb mystery, US F-35s join Indian drills: 7 highlights

From Abby Choi’s HK$72m flat wasn’t a gift to France and Germany seeking new trade weapon, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.

Britain

UK signals ‘openness’ to Germany joining GCAP fighter jet programme

British PM Andy Burnham is in Berlin for talks focused primarily on security, including the launch of a new partnership aimed at hybrid threats.

Poland

1 dead in Poland’s second school knife attack in 2 days, amid ‘copycat’ fears

Two others were injured in the incident at a primary school in Leszczydol-Nowiny, northeast of Warsaw, officials say.

Emergency services respond to a fatal attack at a primary school in Leszczydol-Nowiny, Poland, on Thursday. Photo: EPA
China-EU relations

US, EU forge ‘multilateral coalition’ against China’s industrial surge

As US rallies most G20 members to pressure Beijing on overcapacity, experts warn China could retaliate.

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US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer speaks at the G20 Trade Ministerial Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on October 1. Photo: AFP
Yuan

China’s central bank slams currency manipulation claims as EU trade talks begin

The bank said China did not need to devalue the yuan to boost exports – and those accusing it of doing so were ‘dodging accountability’.

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France

Macroscope | French debt just one driver of fears over euro-zone’s future

China has exploited the EU’s ineffective integration while Japanese bond investors fear the financial consequences of reform failures.

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