GOP senators: U.S., EU should team up on trade, tech to counter China

The U.S. and the European Union should counter Chinese trade practices aimed at boosting its rise in high-tech areas by reforming the World Trade Organization, rekindling trans-Atlantic trade talks and coordinating on technology policy, according to a report issued Wednesday by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Republicans. The U.S. and EU are increasingly in agreement that China poses an economic and strategic threat, the report says, noting trans-Atlantic work on investment screening and secure telecommunications network. The two sides should step...