EU spurns economic dialogue with China over deepening trade rift

Brussels/Beijing | The EU has refused to hold a flagship economic meeting with Beijing ahead of a leaders' summit next month because of a lack of progress on numerous trade disputes, according to four people familiar with the matter. The bloc's stonewalling of the talks, known as the EU-China High-Level Economic and Trade Dialogue, underlines the deep divisions between the sides despite Beijing's efforts to court Europe as a counterweight to the US amid President Donald Trump's tariff war. Loading… Financial Times