‘High time’ for EU countries to quit Beijing’s diplomatic initiative, Lithuanian foreign minister tells POLITICO. Lithuania has dropped out of China's "17+1" group and urged other EU countries to follow suit, the Baltic state's foreign minister told POLITICO. "There is no such thing as 17+1...

BRUSSELS — The European Parliament is expected to pass a motion on Thursday pushing to formally freeze the EU’s investment agreement with China, in the wake of what MEPs describe as Beijing’s "baseless and arbitrary" sanctions on EU lawmakers earlier this year. The draft motion, seen by...