[Interview] EU’s carmakers face their own Nokia challenge to survive Chinese threat, says industry expert – EUobserver
European carmakers face a situation similar to that faced by the likes of Nokia and Kodak when smart…
Steel quota deal for EU trade partners means more pain for China – EUobserver
China will bear the brunt of new steel quotas designed to reduce the EU’s steel imports by 47 percent, after…
EU trade chief sets October deadline to resolve China deficit row – EUobserver
The EU’s trade chief has set an October deadline to resolve a shopping list of trade disputes between…
From Evian to Brussels: five-days of non-stop G7 and EU summits. What are they achieving? – EUobserver
EU leaders will be sick of the sight of each other by Friday (19 June), when five days…
EU’s ‘Voldemort’ problem: talking about China without mentioning China – EUobserver
The EU has spent years using bureaucratic, coded language to address China without directly provoking it — often…
Inconclusive – will EU leaders miss the chance to get tough on China? – EUobserver
Those hoping that EU leaders might strike a more combative position against China at next week’s summit in Brussels are…
Tibetans in Europe risk persecution in China under new ‘ethnic unity’ law – EUobserver
The “Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress” will come into force on 1 July in China. Presented…
Same tricks, softer words: How EU officials downplay Israeli influence campaigns – EUobserver
Imagine that a Russian military unit secretly operated what appeared to be an independent fact-checking organisation during wartime.…
Šefčovič’s challenge: getting China to blink on trade – EUobserver
A week of shadow boxing between EU and Chinese trade officials will now be followed by a series of set-piece meetings and…
EU-China trade war edges closer as Brussels lines up emergency import safeguards – EUobserver
“If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu,” was the verdict back in January of Canadian prime minister Mark Carney on the…