In rare admission, senior official says bloc should be ‘ready to explore deeper EU-US cooperation on economic security’ vis-a-vis Beijing.

The EU, the U.S. and Japan already teamed up in Trump’s first term to counter the competitive threat posed by China.

The European Union is debating whether to drop a sensitive trade investigation against China over alleged coercive activity targeting Lithuania, a prospect that’s frustrated officials in Washington, where the incoming Trump team sees it as capitulation to Beijing.

The Chinese embassy in Ottawa said it hopes Canada will create a positive atmosphere for discussions regarding the negotiation of a China-Canada Free Trade Agreement.