EU-China relations have reached an "inflection point", European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told her Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at a one-day summit in Beijing.

Effort made to galvanise support amid geopolitical tensions is rare area of mutual agreement between the two sides

European metals traders are engaged in an increasingly frantic scramble to secure rare-earth metal supplies after it became all but impossible to directly source them from China.

Both China and the EU have pledged to deliver new commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, ahead of this year's U.N. COP30 climate summit in November in Brazil. Both missed a February U.N. deadline to submit their new pledges.

At the 25th EU-China Summit held in Beijing on July 24, 2025, the European Union raised strong concerns regarding the worsening human rights situation in Tibet, marking yet another clear signal that Tibet remains a key point of contention in EU-China relations,

The European Union and China will commit to leading the world in the fight against climate change in a symbolic show of unity as the US steps back under President Donald Trump.

European Commission president also says trade ties have ‘reached an inflection point’, while reiterating claim of industrial overcapacity.

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