European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel will visit Beijing on Dec. 7 for in-person meetings with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang.
On Friday, the leaders of the EU and China meet for their first virtual summit since June 2020. Originally, they’d planned to try and ease tensions after a rough two years for EU-China ties. But then Russia invaded Ukraine, and that has scrambled the EU’s priorities. We asked Eurasia Group analyst Emre Peker to explain.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson flew to Brussels on Wednesday to iron out a post-Brexit trade agreement before the UK formally leaves the European Union on January 1. It's been four years since UK citizens voted in a referendum to leave the EU. Why has this been so hard to pull off?