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China has long been the EU’s leading origin of imports of goods, including primarily electrical equipment, machines and mechanical parts. While China is also a large destination of EU exports of goods, these are much lower than imports (source: Eurostat). Vchal/Shutterstock (no reuse)

How World Trade Organization reform could help address the EU‑China trade imbalance

The US and China have extended their trade truce till January. Meanwhile, EU-China export/import imbalances persist with sticking points, including voluntary export curbs and industrial policy reform.
From left to right: António Costa (President of the European Council), Xi Jinping (President of the People’s Republic of China) and Ursula von der Leyen (President of the European Commission) at the opening of the 25th EU-China summit in Beijing, China. European Union

China‑EU summit: progress on rare earth exports and tensions over Ukraine mark 50 years of pragmatically cautious relations

The China-EU summit yielded more results than expected, but longstanding tensions remain.
Old acquaintances: Charles Michel with Xi Jinping in Beijing in 2016 when Michel was pirme minister of Belgium. EPA/Kenzaburo Fukuhara/pool

Western leaders are divided over the future of relations with China

Charles Michel, president of the European Council, will meet the Chinese leader at a time of tension over European and US relations with Beijing.
Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev on a visit to Beijing in 2019. Now China and eastern Europe are going separate ways. How Hwee Young/EPA

How China lost central and eastern Europe

After a decade of cooperation, central and eastern Europe increasingly sees China as a threat.

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