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European tariffs on electric vehicles inflict some pain but not as much as had been expected.
The resounding gains of the far-right in European parliamentary elections will highlight the divide with centrist parties on how to deal with China.
A Chinese trade group has levied a formal grievance against EU trade practices, further complicating relations that have already reached their boiling point.
Green cooperation could be among first casualties of European Parliament after poll, while approach to Ukraine war may also change.
The victims crossed the border posing as well-dressed Asian nationals in expensive vehicles, and were later treated like slaves.
Canada accused China of ‘anticompetitive practices’ as it announced it will launch a public consultation exploring potential tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles. The only battery-powered car built in China and exported to Canada is Tesla’s Model Y.
Chinese-made electric cars have a massive production cost advantage over their European rivals, which will allow them to gain market share despite the EU’s punitive tariffs
President also pledges to open Chinese market to more agricultural and food products from Poland and says Polish nationals will get 15-day visa-free entry to China.
In a step towards international certification for China’s C919 passenger jet, European officials will make a visit next month to get a closer look at the aircraft and its assembly.
An affiliate of China’s state broadcaster accused Brussels of breaking WTO rules, but critics say state support is distorting the market.
Brussels has proposed hefty duties on imports of Chinese-made EVs to combat what the bloc considers excessive subsidies.
Vice-chancellor tells officials at climate dialogue that common standards are needed for market access.
Chinese and European firms at a meeting this week ‘all opposed’ European Union tariffs on China’s electric vehicles, according to a social media account linked to state broadcaster CCTV.
The provisional duties vary between 17 and 38 per cent depending on each carmaker’s level of cooperation with the European Commission’s anti-subsidy investigation. Here’s what you need to know.
Though China’s export economy was once a reliable driver of economic growth, analysts have recommended against overreliance on those sectors as trade relations with the West become more volatile.
Extra EU duties on Chinese EVs ‘not conducive to the EU’s green transformation’, Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang tells climate talks in Brussels.
Xu Lin said Western tariffs on Chinese exports could speed up ‘process of clearing up overcapacity in China’, meaning ‘survival of fittest’.
Rising trade tensions trigger concern about potential retaliatory measures from Beijing, including against the aviation sector.
Readers discuss how anti-China trade measures threaten the world’s climate commitments, responsible tourism to Xiaohongshu hotspots, and Hong Kong’s most talked-about couple.
Consensus builds that Ursula von der Leyen would get a second term, other top EU jobs go to Antonio Costa and Kaja Kallas.
In ‘Lost Decade’, two prominent Washington analysts say a US ‘pivot to Asia’, originally undertaken in 2011, has failed and that renewing it is critical to stability with China.
Chinese industry alleges ‘massive’ subsidies in European Union pork sector, as China’s electric vehicles are facing fresh tariffs.
Germany has little to gain as Brussels slaps duties on Chinese electric vehicles and Beijing vows retaliation, business group says.
More than 90 countries attended Summit for Peace for Ukraine designed to rally support for Kyiv’s own peace proposals over the weekend.
G7 pledges ‘to protect our workers and businesses from unfair practices’, but welcomes “constructive and stable” relations with Beijing.
Vice-premier Ding Xuexiang will travel to Brussels next week as Beijing pledges to ‘deepen’ cooperation on the environment.