The United States and the European Union are preparing to resume high-level discussions on China following a two-year suspension, according to several individuals with knowledge of the plans.
The dialogue had lapsed after Donald Trump returned to the White House, but Washington has since re-engaged Brussels, with talks expected during the first week of December—even as transatlantic relations have deteriorated in the interim.
The forum, once a regular channel for coordinating positions on Beijing, served during the Biden administration as one of several venues for aligning China policy. Most of those mechanisms have not endured the transition to the Trump administration.
