European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa met China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday, kicking off a tense summit likely to be dominated by trade frictions and Ukraine.

The European Union dominates critical pharmaceutical imports into the United States, making the 30% tariffs Trump threatened to go into effect Aug. 1 particularly risky.

Beijing and Brussels should settle their policy differences and promote a level playing field, businesses said.

The European Union has its problems, but the bloc is gaining public trust and making new friends. President Trump’s attacks are one reason why.

According to the publication’s sources, the EU Commission is currently preparing legislation that would see rental car companies like Sixt, Hertz, and Europcar tasked with adopting all-electric fleets by 2030.

The Council of the European Union – often referred to as the Council of Ministers, or simply the Council – forms one part of the legislature and the budgetary authority of the Union.

The European Union still wants a deal, but with U.S. demands growing, the bloc is getting ready to push back.

The EU – the United States' biggest trading partner – had been scheduled to impose "countermeasures" starting Monday at midnight in Brussels