HONG KONG (Reuters) -China’s commerce minister said on Wednesday that Beijing will continue to negotiate “until the last minute” on the European Union’s electric vehicle probe, with the investigation undermining confidence of Chinese companies investing in Europe. Wang Wentao was speaking in Brussels at a China-Europe Electric Vehicles event where around 30 top executives of…
The new EU executive team faces challenges including wars in Gaza and Ukraine, migration, climate change, and economic competitiveness. President Ursula von der Leyen has presented a long-awaited list of nominees to make up the next European Commission. After long-winded, and often bad-tempered, negotiations with member states, von der Leyen presented her selections on Tuesday….
Germany and China are actively working to convince European Union members to oppose electric vehicle tariffs during a vote next week, senior EU sources say. Berlin has been phoning other capitals in a late bid to get them to oppose the duties during a vote planned for September 25. The development comes as Chinese commerce…
Apple has announced it will allow iPad apps to be sold via third-party app stores in the European Union from Monday, September 16, coinciding with the release of iPadOS 18. The move follows Apple’s tolerance in the bloc for alternative app stores on iPhones, which happened earlier this year in compliance with the EU’s Digital…
When Chinese President Xi Jinping opened the China-Africa summit on Thursday, he called on the continent to join China in leading the modernisation of the Global South, which he said has suffered “injustice” at the hands of the West. In a joint action plan, China called for strengthened cooperation on supply chains and green technology…