By Joanna Sopinska ( January 21, 2025, 12:41 GMT | Insight) -- Europe is ready to engage early on with the new US administration to discuss “common interests” and negotiate practical solutions, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “We will be pragmatic, but we will always stand by our principles," she said in a speech, a day after Donald Trump was sworn in as US president. Von der Leyen also said the bloc would seek a more “balanced” economic relationship with China, while acknowledging that China’s state-sponsored overcapacity is a key sticking point in the EU-China relationship.Europe is ready to engage early on with the new US administration to discuss “common interests” and negotiate practical solutions, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. She also said the bloc would seek a more “balanced” economic relationship with China, with efforts to expand trade and investment ties with the Asian giant....
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