Philippines and Lithuania ink defence deal against Chinese-led “authoritarian axis”
Lithuania and the Philippines agreed to create a security alliance to counter perceived escalating aggression from China.
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EU wants more Chinese cash and know-how on EV’s but also more control
As Chinese money and technology pour into Europe’s electric vehicle and battery industries, Brussels is torn. It wants the investment – but not the dependence.
Dodging a proxy war with China in Iran: Trump’s gambit and Europe’s irrelevance
Trump’s swift halt to the 12-day Iran war in June 2025 wasn’t just about Tehran’s nukes.
EU’s defence chemicals shortage ‘exposes further dependency on China’
Europe's shifting ties with Asia have aggravated its growing defence production crisis, as shortages of key chemical inputs including nitrocellulose threaten to…
EC says Chinese online giant AliExpress ‘must do more to protect customers’
Chinese online giant AliExpress must do more to protect consumers from illegal product sales, the European Commission said, an interim finding that could open the…
China widens industrial lead over Europe but figures not straightforward
China has pulled ahead of Europe in terms of factory output but the numbers, and what they mean, were not as straightforward as they may look.
China’s EV trap: Preach Green, get a cheap car, lose your job
Buckle up, China’s electric vehicle market is a wild brawl. Prices plummet fast, and executives sling insults like playground bullies.
China’s structural slump may fuel flood of cheap goods to EU
China's factories have been producing more than its domestic market can absorb, and those goods are headed to Europe.
IEA and EC signal China’s clean-tech ‘paradox’
China has been driving a global boom in clean energy investment while expanding its coal footprint at home and abroad.
ECB signs co-operation pact with China, pushing for policy reforms
The European Central Bank (ECB) signed a non-binding co-operation agreement with the People’s Bank of China and ECB President Christine Lagarde used the occasion…
‘Economic liberalism no longer working,’ international officials warn
Japan’s economy minister Minoru Kiuchi has warned that the risks of economic liberalism now rivalled its benefits as a growing number of governments have been…
‘Stop flood of incoming steel,’ EU industry begs Brussels
The steel industry has issued a stark warning in Brussels, urging the European Union to take decisive action against surging imports of cheap metal.
Euro-champions to be built on subsidies, but where can the EU find markets?
Moving with its usual lightning speed, the European Commission has pencilled in the end of 2027 for new guidelines designed to relax competition rules and permit…
France’s Macron calls for world order ‘based on law’ in Vietnam
France's Emmanuel Macron called in Vietnam on May 26 for the preservation of a world order "based on law", as he started a tour of Southeast Asia, a region caught…
EU to act against ‘invasion’ of small Chinese parcels
The EU will move to impose new import fees on an “invasion” of ultra-cheap Chinese parcels entering its market daily.
Europe’s next dependency crisis is made of silicon, not oil
China's tech strength increasingly rests on cheap, often sanctioned energy–a model that exposes Europe to new kinds of strategic risk as global supply chains shift.
One in two Belgians prepared to boycott US goods after tariffs
Nearly one in two Belgians is prepared to boycott US products, according to surveys by the Belgian press.
Former EU bigwig Michel picks up new gig at leading Chinese business school
The appointment of former President of the European Council Charles Michel as Distinguished Professor at the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS),…
China’s silent siege of the UN: how its NGO army hijacked and outsmarted a West obsessed with Russia
Picture Chinese President Xi Jinping at Moscow’s Victory Day parade: the guest of honour, smirking beside Putin. That happened last Friday.
Lauded EU-Serbia lithium mine plan ‘absurd – with China ties’, says Serbian economist
Serbian economic researcher and activist Alexandar Matković has raised serious concerns about a widely praised lithium mining project in his home country.
Ryanair ‘could abandon’ huge Boeing order over US tariffs, cites Chinese alternatives
Irish airline Ryanair has warned it may reconsider its multibillion-dollar aircraft deal with Boeing if proposed US tariffs significantly raised the cost of US-made…
Lithuania knows how to have a backbone against China, the EU should take note
It is not every day that a country stands up to the People’s Republic of China, particularly one as small as Lithuania.
WTO dismisses EU claims in intellectual property dispute with China
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has rejected the European Union's claims that China had violated the global watchdog's rules on intellectual property.
Deforestation rules hamper EU efforts to strike free-trade deal with Malaysia
Trade negotiations between the EU and Malaysia, home to five types of strategic minerals essential for Europe’s high-tech sector, are stumbling over the bloc’s…
EU is no match for China or US, Europe can only play for time
In hindsight, what makes the 1990s appear to be worthy of nostalgia is the fact that almost everything ran on autopilot.
China’s shifting gas strategy could push up EU imports of US LNG
A shift in China’s gas import strategy is set to push more US LNG towards Europe — potentially tightening a transatlantic energy bond Brussels has been wary…
An American finally acts against the Chinese and their outlaw state
Mao Zedong gazed admiringly at page three of his special edition of The Peking People’s Daily Sun. Such exquisiteness, he thought: pert, pink, pretty.
China, EU must oppose tariff ‘bullying’, Xi tells Spanish PM
President Xi Jinping told Spain's prime minister on April 11 that China and the European Union must join together in defending globalisation and opposing "unilateral…
EU and Beijing to seek deal on minimum Chinese electric-car prices, drop tariffs
The European Union and China have agreed to look into setting minimum prices on Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs) instead of tariffs imposed by the EU last year,…
‘Europe must counter Russia and Trump with China alliance,’ says Liberal MEP
Liberal MEP and member of the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee, Bernard Guetta, has suggested that the European Union should consider forging a political…