European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the World Economic Forum (WEF). Photo: VCG. In a speech delivered on Tuesday at the World Economic Forum (WEF), European Comm

The European Commission filed a complaint at the World Trade Organization on Monday against what it said was China's "unfair and illegal" practice of setting worldwide royalty rates for EU standard essential patents without the patent owner's consent.

On January 20, 2025, the European Union (EU) has filed a second request for consultations at the World Trade Organization (WTO) aiming to remove allegedly “unfair and illegal trade practices by China in the sphere of intellectual property.

President Donald Trump is considering changing a key U.S. trade benefit to other nations, the "de minimis" exemption on import tariffs, as he accuses China of unfair trade practices and blames it for a crisis over the deadly drug fentanyl.

The European Union is debating whether to drop a sensitive trade investigation against China over alleged coercive activity targeting Lithuania, a prospect that’s frustrated officials in Washington, where the incoming Trump team sees it as capitulation to Beijing.

China EU relations. President Xi Jinping had a phone call with President of the European Council Antonio Costa at the latter's request on January 14. The first contact of Presiden

"The European Union is very, very bad to us," says US President Donald Trump, threatening tariffs against the bloc, as well as China, which he accuses of "sending fentanyl to Mexico and Canada". Speaking at the White House on the first full day of his second term in office,

Attacks on underwater cables in strategic areas connecting telecommunication lines and power sources in Asia and Europe are suspected to be coordinated attacks by China and Russia.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday vowed to hit the European Union with tariffs and said his administration was discussing a 10% punitive duty on Chinese imports because fentanyl is being sent from China to the U.

European business leaders have broadly sought to downplay concerns about the prospect of a transatlantic trade war.

Despite fears that the tariffs could spark a global trade war and reignite inflation domestically, Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, said they could protect American interests and bring trading partners back to the table for better deals for the country,