Politics
China’s Fifa fever, EU’s trade deadline: 7 global relations reads
A roundup of seven major global relations developments highlights rising geopolitical tensions.
Key takeaways
- The EU has verified reports that China's military has been training Russian military personnel to fight in Ukraine.
- The EU and China launched a new ministerial-level platform to resolve trade grievances with an October 2026 deadline.
- A US strike on an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman killed three Indian sailors and damaged US-India relations.
- Strategic elites in Japan and South Korea remain sceptical about developing nuclear weapons unless one country changes policy first.
- Shein's first physical store in Paris could close by Christmas after a department store ended cooperation.
A roundup of seven major global relations developments highlights rising geopolitical tensions. The EU's top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, announced verified reports that China's military has trained Russian troops to fight in Ukraine. Meanwhile, the EU and China established a new ministerial platform to resolve trade disputes, with Brussels setting an October 2026 deadline for tangible results. In security and trade, a US strike on an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman killed three Indian sailors, straining US-India relations and Quad unity. Additionally, the US assured India its AI models would not be cut off following a ban on Anthropic's advanced models, and Paris department store cooperation with Shein is set to end.
In their words
“training Russian military personnel to fight in Ukraine”
By the numbers
- 3
- Indian sailors killed in Gulf of Oman tanker strike
- 7
- Selected global relations news stories from past weeks
How it unfolded
- EU-China deadline for tangible trade dispute results
- Possible closure of Shein's physical Paris store
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Common questions
- What happened with European Union?
- The EU has verified reports that China's military has been training Russian military personnel to fight in Ukraine.
- Where can I read the original report?
- Read the full report at scmp_world.
