After a “constructive” round of talks ahead of an Aug. 12 deadline, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said, “Nothing is agreed until we speak with President Trump.”

At present, the China-Europe freight train from Guangzhou International Port has formed a network of 18 routes, including 13 outbound and five inbound, covering 20 countries in Asia and Europe, with exported goods spanning automobiles, home appliances, clothing, daily necessities and more.

China and the European Union have issued a joint call to action on climate change during an otherwise tense bilateral summit in Beijing on Thursday riven with major disagreements over trade and the war in Ukraine.

DA WEI is Director of the Center for International Security and Strategy and a Professor in the Department of International Relations at Tsinghua University.

A new factory in Hungary will help the Chinese automaker take on auto giants like Volkswagen on their home turf.

No major breakthroughs were announced, and U.S. officials said it was up to President Donald Trump to decide whether to extend a trade truce that expires on August 12 or potentially let tariffs shoot back up to triple-digit figures.

European aluminium producers face a threefold challenge: cheap Chinese imports, escalating US tariffs, and Big Tech’s ability to pay high power prices.

Ursula von der Leyen and António Costa, the heads of the European Commission and the European Council respectively, will be in Beijing for a summit to mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and the European Union.

The tools of China’s trade war have been industrial policy and a weak currency, not tariffs. They are working.

China and the U.S. have agreed to continue their tariff pauses on each other, according to China's top trade official.

Chinese electric car company BYD’s accelerating plans in Turkey may mark a turning point in its push into Europe as competition with Tesla shifts gears.

China controls 85 per cent of global rare-earth processing, a significant risk for Europe. Breaking free from China’s dominance of rare earths will not be a simple feat for the European Union, even though both sides reached a tentative deal to ease Beijing’s limitations on their exports.