Every Friday, we recap highlights of the news from China. This week, we are flagging some hurdles ahead of an EU summit in Beijing, and the anticipation before the release of important economic data.

"The EU and China are broadly on a colliding trajectory in terms of their trade and industrial policy concerns," he told CNBC. Bones of contention include the challenge of China's overcapacity and trade diversion to Europe, Stec, who is also head of the Mercator Institute's Brussels office, explained.

BEIJING - China has announced fresh limits on public purchases of European Union medical devices worth more than 45 million yuan

Ambassadors to China welcome dialogue at July 24-25 gathering but say they have little expectation of big progress.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Friday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, as tensions between the two global powers continue to rise.

The two major powers vied to push their agendas in Asia at a time of simmering tension over a U.S. trade tariffs offensive.

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The EU will seek to rebalance economic ties with China, demanding it eases market access for European firms and loosen export controls on rare earths at a summit this month, the bloc's chief said on Tuesday (Jul 8).

China will impose some reciprocal curbs on medical-device procurement for companies based in the European Union, adding tensions between the two major trading partners just as Beijing seeks to shore up ties while it fights a trade war with the US.

China has hit the European Union with a retaliatory ban after the continent’s governing body decided to limit Chinese participation in public tenders for

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told the European Union’s top diplomat that Beijing can’t accept Russia losing its war against Ukraine as this could allow the United States to turn its full attention to China,