The European Union is set to buy time in its case against China at the World Trade Organization over allegations of economic coercion targeting Lithuania, according to people familiar with the matter.

Tesla is challenging the European Union in court over the tariffs imposed on its Chinese electric vehicles despite getting

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.

The European Union needs to do more to keep up with the US and China, according to Economics Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis.

The European Union will resume its World Trade Organization case against China over the alleged economic coercion of Lithuania. The bloc's executive arm, the European Commission, said on Friday it had requested a resumption at the Geneva trade courts,

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.

The Trump administration is discussing a 10% punitive duty on Chinese imports. Trump said the EU also has troubling trade surpluses with the United States.

French ministers are calling for the European Commission to immediately suspend standards for car emissions on the grounds that the regulation benefits Chinese manufacturers and Tesla Inc.

BRUSSELS -- Tesla and BMW have joined Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers in challenging the European Union's (EU) tariffs on Chinese-made EVs, filing cases with the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), according to the court's website.

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday divulged that the commission was considering an EU subsidy programme that he had proposed. The German government scrapped its own scheme abruptly in 2023, leading to a plunge in EV sales.