As U.S. Seeks Calmer China Ties, Europe Gets Tough. Tensions over Ukraine and trade have grown between the EU and China as leaders set to meet in Beijing

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European Union leaders plan to warn Chinese leader Xi Jinping that the bloc is prepared to impose new sanctions and trade penalties on his nation unless it acts to address economic frictions and rein in exports to Russia of goods used for its war in Ukraine, EU officials said before a summit in Beijing Thursday.

While Washington has moved recently to ease tensions with China, European strains with Beijing have sharpened.