Today, the European Commission’s proposal to impose definitive countervailing duties on imports of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) from China has obtained the necessary support from EU Member States for the adoption of tariffs. This represents another step towards the conclusion of the Commission’s anti-subsidy investigation.
Mark Rutte took office as the NATO Secretary General, today (1 October 2024). He was welcomed to NATO Headquarters in Brussels by the outgoing Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, whose term ends after ten years. Read about the new Secretary General’s top priorities.
Today, EU Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms Elisa Ferreira signed a 5-year action plan with China to deepen EU-China regional policy cooperation. The signature ceremony took place in Beijing during the EU-China High-Level Regional Policy Dialogue with the Vice-Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) of China, Guo Lanfeng.
Economic data published by China’s Bureau of Statistics very shortly before the start of the Plenum paint a very sobering picture of the state of China’s economy. While exports in June performed well, imports decreased in year-on-year terms, likely due to weak domestic demand.
The Chair of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, participated in the Seoul Defense Dialogue (SDD) in the Republic of Korea. During the opening session on “Deterring War and Preserving Rules-Based International Order”, Admiral Bauer delivered a key note address on the importance of Partnerships in an increasingly divided world.
On the afternoon of September 9, 2024, China’s President Xi Jinping met with Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who is on an official visit to China, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing.
Secretary General Sannino and Deputy Secretary of State Campbell discussed recent EU and US engagement with China and the trajectory of their respective bilateral relationships.
Following a first edition in 2021, the EU Delegation brings back the Sustainability Tour, inviting the Chinese public on a virtual trip across China to learn about cooperation between the European Union and China.
According to BusinessEurope, the EU should pursue a new generation of bilateral arrangements with third countries, proposing a wide range of options and instruments to partners. This should include: fully-fledged trade agreements, sectorial agreements for willing sectors, partnerships on digital, critical raw materials or regulatory cooperation, and Global Gateway initiatives.
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech titled “Joining Hands to Advance Modernization and Build a Community with a Shared Future” while attending the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
“China is challenging us, in such a fundamental way, that it would be naive to deny that Europe has a China problem. Just read the reports of the AIVD and the MIVD, the Dutch intelligence agencies. The impact of climate change is enormous, and we have only seen the beginning of the damage” – EU Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra.
On the afternoon of August 29, President Xi Jinping met with Assistant to the U.S. President for National Security Affairs Jake Sullivan at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
EEAS reacts on the Hong Kong District Court sentences concerning Chung Pui-kuen and Lam Shiu-tung, two former chief editors of the now-defunct independent online news outlet Stand News, as well as Best Pencil (Hong Kong) Limited, the holding company of Stand News.
China’s economy has remained resilient despite the continued weakness in the property sector, with GDP growing by 5.2 percent in 2023, and 5 percent y/y in the first half of 2024. Growth has been primarily driven by strong public investment and the post-COVID recovery in private consumption, with net exports also providing a boost more recently. However, inflation has been low in recent quarters amid continued economic slack.
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Beijing on Monday. Noting that China and Italy are at the two ends of the ancient Silk Road, Xi said the exchanges between the two countries have made significant contributions to the overall exchanges and mutual learning between Eastern and Western civilizations, and to the progress of humanity.
EU High Representative/Vice-President (HR/VP) Josep Borrell met with Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi, in the margins of the ASEAN Regional Forum in Vientiane, Laos on 26 July.
China and Russia have agreed to further expand investment and energy cooperation to promote bilateral ties.
China-based inventors are filing the highest number of generative artificial intelligence patents, a new report from the UN World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) shows.
At the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the ninth review of the trade policies and practices of China takes place on 17 and 19 July 2024. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of China, both embedded in this report.
The President of Russia paid a two-day working visit to Astana to participate in a meeting of the Heads of State Council of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). He held a series of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the summit. Insight EU Monitoring has collected the Kremlin’ minutes covering these meetings.
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko took part in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Astana on 4 July. Completing the procedure for Belarus’ accession to the SCO as a member state was the main item on the summit’s agenda for Belarus.
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