Project linking Helsinki and Tallinn has been plagued by controversy, but sponsor is undeterred, saying funding is ‘not Chinese, it’s international’.
European Union members have endorsed a series of laws, including a requirement that large businesses conduct human rights and environmental audits of their overseas suppliers.
The European Commission also is looking into whether the company did enough to prevent minors from accessing pornographic material via its online marketplace.
EU recycling sector figures warn that if Chinese plastic imports are not curbed, ‘the industry will collapse’.
Beijing and Bern share a ‘pragmatic’ view on how to achieve peace, according to sources close to the discussions.
Vehicles imported before the probe is concluded could be slapped with anti-subsidy duties.
Sources from the European side say that in meetings Li Hui, China’s special envoy, merely repeats a ‘full dose of Moscow’s talking points.’
Provisional agreement would target sectors and regions profiting from state-imposed forced labour based on database drawn up by European Commission.
Trip comes as there are signs Ukraine is taking China’s possible role more seriously than officials elsewhere in Europe, analysts say.
The rules did not name China directly, but major EU firms would have been required to carry out detailed audits on foreign business partners.
Election season has all parties flocking to the Chinese-owned social media platform in a desperate bid to reach younger voters.
Balkan nation, a close ally of Beijing in recent years, is the first confirmed stop on the Chinese president’s first post-pandemic trip to Europe.
Three mainland businesses and one from Hong Kong will be sanctioned after Hungary agreed not to veto the measure.
Christian Bruch says either quotas or qualitative criteria could help stop the industry going the way of solar.
Three mainland companies and one based in Hong Kong could be blacklisted and banned from trading with Europe as soon as Wednesday.
Amid tense conversations about Ukraine, Gaza and European security, issues relating to China dropped down the agenda but US senator says America will train attention on East Asia in next 40 years.
Foreign ministers Wang Yi and Dmytro Kuleba talk peace and trade on sidelines of annual security conference in the German city.
At the ‘Davos of Defence’, the Chinese foreign minister casts Beijing as a force for stability in turbulent times.
EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager says investigation into Chinese train maker over subsidies sends ‘important signal’ to business community but denies Brussels is ‘stepping up against’ Beijing with string of trade inquiries.
Wang and Blinken speak on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, which is overshadowed by the announcement of the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a maximum-security prison.
China’s top diplomat will try to find openings for Beijing’s interests amid continent’s panic over ex-American leader’s possible return, analysts say.
Chinese envoy to the UN repeats calls for ‘political settlement’ and takes aim at Nato amid reports that Brussels plans to target three mainland firms and one Hong Kong company with latest restrictions.
German chemical giant calls reports of visits to Uygur employees ‘serious allegations that indicate activities inconsistent’ with company’s values.
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled a de-risking strategy last year, but opposition from member states threatens to scupper some key measures.
Use of trade weapons must be ‘weighed against’ bloc’s lofty climate goals that need affordable panels for green transition, says top finance official.
‘It’s true, every time we talk with our partners, the issue of how we perceive the situations in Gaza and Ukraine appears,’ top EU diplomat Josep Borrell says at EU-Indo Pacific summit in Brussels.
Glut of PV modules from China has triggered ‘drastic reduction in prices’, ESMC says in letter to European Commission, calling for three-pronged response within weeks, or import curbs in case that is not feasible.
Unclear why Brussels did not involve Washington, which attended last year; Beijing will be missing too, but has never been included.
A draft statement ahead of an EU-Asean foreign ministers’ meeting ‘strongly condemns’ the war but avoids specific references to Moscow
Note circulated to intergovernmental body’s members on Friday said bloc wanted to “immediately suspend its proceedings” with Beijing.