The EU still sees the United States as "allies" despite President Donald Trump's verbal broadsides against the bloc, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday, while stressing the need for Europe to "step up" on defence.

The European Parliament has lifted restrictions on lawmakers meeting some Chinese officials, in a fresh indication of a potential thaw in EU-China ties. The recommendations were introduced in April 2023 as a follow up to a sanctioning blitz in 2021,

The Commission's response follows the US imposition of blanket 25% duties on Mexico and Canada and an additional 10% duty on China on Tuesday.

Coming to terms with realignment in Europe, the early signs of Trump’s China strategy, Taiwan stands by Ukraine, Chinese air defense sales to Central Asia, and much more.

Last October the EU imposed tariffs of up to 45 per cent on Chinese electric vehicles, but the move caused deep divisions in the bloc. Sánchez in September said the plan should be “reconsidered” and Spain eventually abstained in the key vote. Germany and Hungary voted against the tariffs.

The European Union's trade chief Maros Sefcovic intends to visit China at the end of March, according to people familiar with the plan. It will mark his first trip to Beijing as commissioner for trade and economic security and comes after a maiden visit last week to Washington,

Cognac producers are asking the French government to start negotiations with China to resolve bilateral trade tensions, due to which the sector is losing 50 million euros per month. This is reported by Bloomberg.

Following an Oval Office blowup and a European-led summit, a path to ending the war in Ukraine seems more unclear than ever as new rifts emerge between the United States and the European Union. For China,

China on Saturday announced retaliatory tariffs on some Canadian farm and food imports, after Canada imposed duties in October on Chinese-made electric vehicles and steel and aluminum