Donald Trump's rapid move to ban a "digital dollar" has left the field wide open, observers say, for China and Europe to make their already-advanced central bank digital currency (CBDC) prototypes into global standard-setters.

I T SOUNDS ODD, but hints keep piling up that President Donald Trump is tempted by a big, beautiful deal with China’s Xi Jinping. That runs counter to campaign-trail vows to hit

The move comes as the head of the European Central Bank suggested that Americans disaffected with the Trump administration should come to Europe.

The Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) is a joint mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) which aims to study the interaction between the solar wind and Earth's magnetosphere. The mission aims to shed light on space weather processes and their effects on Earth.

Europe's economy has a competitiveness and innovation problem, and this is how to fix it, according to EY's Europe and Africa boss Julie Teigland.

For a growing number of analysts and industry insiders, this is ground zero for Europe's "China shock" - even if the Asian giant does not appear on the bedsheets emblazoned with workers' demands.

EUROPEAN tech shares came under pressure on Monday, after Chinese tech startup DeepSeek’s low-cost artificial intelligence model sparked worries about returns in the AI business and the need for costly chips.

President Donald Trump repeated false claims about the US trade relationship with Canada and Europe in virtual Thursday remarks to the World Economic Forum in Davos. He also delivered a smattering of other misstatements and exaggerations about trade,

The busy scene at Dapukou terminal of Ningbo Zhoushan Port, East China's Zhejiang Province File photo: Li Hao/GT The first container ship of the "China-Europe Express", the cargo ship KAWA Ningbo, operating the fastest direct route connecting Europe and China's Yangtze River Delta region,

China seen posing ‘longer competitive challenge and a sort of strategic challenge’ in important industries, and this could reinforce the EU as a US ally.

The recent troop disengagement with China provides India a small opportunity, yet significant issues persist, including military tensions and trade deficits.