China, EU pushing ahead on joint research despite trade tensions

China and the EU have renewed their joint research agreement, according to Chinese state-linked media, signalling a willingness to collaborate on climate and agriculture despite trade tensions.
People’s Financial News, a publication affiliated with Communist Party mouthpiece People’s Daily, reported on the new two-year agreement on Wednesday.
China’s Ministry of Science and Technology and the European Commission had signed joint research funding agreements to support scientific cooperation...