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Summit in Brussels: EU & USA - no agreement on key climate issue: Climate protection: Observers fear serious tensions with the USA if the EU implements its ...
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'Extraordinary generosity': EU chief lands in Madrid to launch Spain's €140-billion recovery plan
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Key FactsAccording to von der Leyen, the EU should seek to de-risk rather than decouple from China.
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- Reuters, DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 17 Instead of seeking to decouple from the world's second-largest economy, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday that the EU should work and trade with China on clean technology and push for a level playing field.
- In a speech at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Von der Leyen stated that China has prioritized clean tech innovation and manufacturing in its five-year plan, dominating in sectors such as electric vehicles and solar panels.
- "So we need to focus on de-risking rather than decoupling," she explained.
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EU price cap on gas used for power worth considering, von der Leyen says: A scheme used in Spain and Portugal to cap the price of gas used to generate ...
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Cloud computing: EU and US agree on data flow rules: Companies should be allowed to store data from Europeans in the USA again. US President Joe Biden speaks of ...
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