In rare admission, senior official says bloc should be ‘ready to explore deeper EU-US cooperation on economic security’ vis-a-vis Beijing.

The EU, the U.S. and Japan already teamed up in Trump’s first term to counter the competitive threat posed by China.

The European Union (EU) has once again suspended its case against China at the World Trade Organization (WTO) over allegations of economic coercion against Lithuania, as per a recent filing on the WTO's website.

A warning to Britain on Beijing’s ‘Malign Influence’ in Indo-Pacific signals sea change, as Brussels takes a backseat to Asia.

The European Union will resume its World Trade Organization case against China over the alleged economic coercion of Lithuania. The bloc's executive arm, the European Commission, said on Friday it had requested a resumption at the Geneva trade courts,

Meanwhile, Beijing is positioning its courts to lower prices on patented technology. In its complaint to the WTO, the EU refers to a 2023 decision by a court in Chongqing which ruled against Nokia’s objections after it set the price Chinese cell phone-maker OPPO had to pay for its technology usage. Worldwide, mind you, not just in China.

The US president said he was going to target the European Union and China with increased tariffs on Tuesday. China and Europe said they were ready to negotiate with Trump, warning they would 'protect' their interests.

Trump, who will be inaugurated next week, has threatened the EU with tariffs and his team has criticized the bloc for being weak on China. The manner in which the EU handles the dispute will present an early test of how the world approaches trade under the new administration in Washington and the resilience of the transatlantic relationship.

Speaking in Davos, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy questioned whether Trump was committed to NATO and European security.

The European Union launched a new challenge at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Monday against China's rules on royalty rates for high-tech patents, amid escalating trade tensions between Beijing and Brussels.

Italy’s data protection authority has ordered a block on Chinese artificial intelligence revelation DeepSeek, it said late on Thursday.