The EU and China have, historically, had a complex relationship. This was encapsulated in the European Commission’s 2019 EU-China strategic outlook, which referred to China as both a “strategic partner”, but also an “economic competitor” and “systemic rival promoting alternative models of governance”.

GENEVA (Reuters) -Switzerland has moved to the front of the queue for a trade deal with the United States, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday, after the Alpine country hosted surprisingly successful U.S.-China trade talks this weekend.

The European Union is planning to hit €95 billion ($108 billion) of US exports with additional tariffs if ongoing trade talks with President Donald Trump’s team fail to yield a satisfactory result.

US President Donald Trump imposed a 10 percent tariff on most African goods, prompting affected countries to seek alternative markets.

A rare bipartisan deal to regulate stablecoins is now on life support, underscoring how a proposal with widespread backing from lawmakers and industry players can get caught up in the political maelstrom over the Trump family’s business conflicts.

With funding for US scientists dwindling as a result of President Donald Trump's orders, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivered a passionate appeal to the global scientific community,

Neither Donald Trump nor Vladimir Putin will be attending the peace talks over the Ukraine war in Istanbul today. Volodymyr Zelenskyy flew to Turkey precisely to discuss a solution to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but it appears he has been snubbed by Putin.

Rasmussen suggests creating a new "D7" grouping of democracies, including the EU, UK, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, and New Zealand, to form a "formidable force to resist coercion from China or the United States.