With the China-EU relationship entering its 50th year and US president-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House on January 20, how Europe's China policy will evolve has garnered great attention.

China and the European Union have a robust "symbiotic" economic relationship and Beijing hopes the bloc can become "a trustworthy partner for cooperation", President Xi Jinping told European Council President Antonio Costa on Tuesday.

Attacks on underwater cables in strategic areas connecting telecommunication lines and power sources in Asia and Europe are suspected to be coordinated attacks by China and Russia.

China said on Thursday it would apply provisional duties on imports of industrial plastics from the United States, European Union, Japan and Taiwan after a months-long anti-dumping investigation. The provisional anti-dumping levies on polyacetal copolymers range from 3.

Nomura's Chief China Economist Ting Lu said in a report Tuesday that he expects the sales boost to fade by the second half of this year, and that tepid new home sales will limit demand for home appliances.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China hopes the European Union can become "a trustworthy partner for cooperation", Chinese President Xi Jinping told European Council President Antonio Costa in a phone call on Tuesday, state broadcaster CCTV reported.

VCG. China hopes the EU can work with China in the same direction, honor its commitment to open market and the principle of fair competition, observe WTO rules, pro

The EU's trade commissioner said Brussels is prepared to undertake “decisive action to defend the level playing field”.

A European Union probe into China’s procurement of medical devices confirmed the bloc’s concerns that the Asian country discriminates against foreign firms, opening the door to potential measures that could curb Beijing’s access to public tenders in future.

An EU investigation has found discrimination against European companies in China's public procurement market for medical devices, opening up a new front in the bilateral trade dispute. A report published on Tuesday found "clear evidence of China limiting the access of EU medical devices producers to its government contracts in an unfair and discriminatory way".

European Union companies could become more competitive against their U.S. and Chinese rivals if they paid less for energy -- a goal governments could achieve by cooperating to invest and to integrate the EU's fragmented energy market,