The European Union is set to buy time in its case against China at the World Trade Organization over allegations of economic coercion targeting Lithuania, according to people familiar with the matter.

Tesla and BMW are also taking action over duties imposed after an EU investigation concluded Chinese subsidies were distorting the market.

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.

With both the United States and the European Union changing their leadership in 2024 the Wilson Center’s Global Europe Program and The Friedrich Naumann Foundation are pleased to present findings from a new joint report analyzing the priorities of the new European Commission and highlighting key issues that will shape the future of US-EU cooperation.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday divulged that the commission was considering an EU subsidy programme that he had proposed. The German government scrapped its own scheme abruptly in 2023, leading to a plunge in EV sales.

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen declared Tuesday that Europe was ready to negotiate with the United States and seek to improve ties with China as Beijing warned against damaging trade wars in the face of Donald Trump's protectionism.

China's record-breaking coal purchases last year were driven by a significant increase in supplies from Australia and Mongolia, while russian supplies actually

The changes proposed by the new US administration have cast a long shadow at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos. Addressing the summit, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen called for global cooperation and a "pragmatic" approach to US President Donald Trump's new team,

The European Commission has lodged a complaint with the World Trade Organization against China's approach to setting global royalty rates for EU patents without consent. This affects standard essential patents in the telecom sector and pressures EU firms to reduce fees,

World: “From the standpoint of America, the EU treats us very, very unfairly, very badly,” Trump said during his address at the World Economic Forum, Davos.

China is vital to the global renewable energy supply chain as a leader in wind manufacturing, but there are criticisms of its involvement in UK energy