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EU and US Plan to Resume China Talks After Two-Year Pause

Multiple sources familiar with the planning indicate that the European Union and the United States intend to restart discussions concerning China before the year concludes, following a two-year break.

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Based on reporting by South China Morning Post:

According to multiple individuals familiar with the planning, the European Union and the United States are planning to bring back discussions regarding China before the end of the year, even as transatlantic relations have faced several setbacks. The dialogue had come to a standstill subsequent to Donald Trump's return to the White House. However, talks are anticipated in the first week of December after Washington made an approach, despite the worsening state of relations between the US and the EU in the interim. This forum, which was previously a regular fixture, served as a venue for discussing shared areas of concern related to Beijing. During Joe Biden's tenure as president, it functioned as one of several platforms utilized to compare notes on China policy, though few of those platforms have endured the transition to Trump.

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