China, EU pushing ahead on joint research despite trade tensions

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China and the European Union renewed their joint two-year research agreement focusing on climate and agricultural cooperation despite ongoing trade tensions, indicating ongoing scientific collaboration. The agreement involves China's Ministry of Science and Technology and the European Commission.

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...