Few Western corporate chieftains command as much attention in China as Bernard Arnault. The 75-year-old boss of $340 billion LVMH routinely rubs shoulders with senior government officials and was the talk of Chinese social media during a whirlwind trip to the People’s Republic in June 2023.

The European Commission on Monday said it had launched a legal challenge at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against the initiation by China of an anti-subsidy investigation against imports of certain dairy products from the EU.

The EU on Monday launched a WTO challenge against a Chinese anti-subsidy investigation into imports of European dairy product, in an escalating trade row between Beijing and Brussels."Today, the (European) Commission launched a consultation request at the World Trade Organization,

The call for WTO consultations comes as EU and Chinese officials step up talks on the dispute around electric vehicles. View on euronews

The European Union called on Monday on the World Trade Organization (WTO) to start dispute settlement proceedings in a spat with China over dairy products. China started an investigation into the EU's agriculture subsidies for certain dairy products last month.