Defence chief Grant Shapps tells military conference US and British intelligence have proof ‘Russia and China are collaborating on combat equipment for use in Ukraine’.
Officials ponder what countermeasures await European resistance against ‘market-distorting’ Chinese subsidies on electric vehicles.
Washington has announced tariff hikes on a wide range of Chinese goods, while Brussels has taken actions to tackle Chinese subsidies to various industries.
In this week’s issue of the Global Impact newsletter, we look back at Chinese President Xi Jinping’s trip to France, Serbia and Hungary, and ponder what has changed in the ever-complex relationship between Beijing and Brussels.
Frustration said to be mounting on continent and evident in European Commission investigations over Chinese subsidies, such as for electric vehicles.
Some EU member states with major automotive ties to China are voicing their opposition to any push to match US import tariffs, or to impose any duties at all.
Two Chinese firms withdraw bids for Romanian photovoltaic park contracts after Brussels opens investigations under its foreign subsidies regulation.
The Chinese president upgraded relations with Serbia and Hungary, but in France made few if any concessions to reduce the flood of Chinese imports into the EU.
Xi’s arrival and remarks published in Serbia coincided with 25th anniversary of US air strike that killed three Chinese journalists.
Relaxed mountain setting chosen so Chinese leader Xi Jinping and French counterpart Emmanuel Macron can speak frankly on myriad mutual grievances and grounds for cooperation.
On first day of Chinese leader’s European trip, French president also thanks him for supporting an ‘Olympic truce’ during the Summer Games in Paris.
Xi says China and Europe can contribute to world peace, ahead of meeting with President Emmanuel Macron and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen.
France is Chinese president’s first stop on Europe trip, and Beijing is pinning its hopes on Paris to push Brussels to adopt more ‘positive and pragmatic’ approach to China-EU ties.
President Xi Jinping’s European trip comes amid barrage of EU trade and competition tools largely targeting Chinese firms, including dramatic raids in the Netherlands and Poland.
One of Europe’s most hawkish leaders towards Beijing is confirmed to meet the Chinese president during his first trip to the continent in five years.
Regime’s military leaders use the shipped weapons to ‘kill their own people and civilians’, senior official representing ousted government tells Post.
Purpose is to enlist China’s help in ending the companies’ activities that allegedly violate sanctions on supplying products with military applications to Moscow.
Resolution calls for freeing of Joseph John, as well as activist Andy Li and newspaper publisher Jimmy Lai, and condemns Hong Kong’s passage of domestic national security law.
Dramatic search for evidence of financial help from Beijing stuns businesses and competition lawyers in Europe.
First probe launched under international procurement instrument will look into access for European device manufacturers.
Authorities said to have entered premises of Dutch and Polish subsidiaries of a mainland firm involved in the manufacture of surveillance equipment.
German authorities accuse assistant to Maximilian Krah, the AfD’s top candidate in European elections, on suspicion of working for Chinese intelligence service.
Developments hours apart come amid rising anxiety in some European capitals over the threat of Beijing’s surveillance practices.
German industry debates how to proceed after finding cracks in a once robust and mutually beneficial relationship.
In public remarks in China, chancellor did not throw support behind Brussels’ de-risking agenda and focused primarily on German business interests.
Brussels has instigated a slew of investigations in recent weeks as frustration mounts over Beijing’s economic policies.
Probe covers ‘conditions for the development of wind parks’ in six EU nations, competition chief Margrethe Vestager says, lashes out at ‘playbook for how China came to dominate the solar panel industry’.
Brussels launches survey to understand its exposure to Chinese semiconductors that power everyday items from cars to televisions, matching an American initiative that drew stern rebuke from Beijing.
