BEIJING -- Companies in the European Union are being held "hostage" in China's trade war with the U.S., the head of the bloc's business chamber in Beijing said -- even after the dueling superpowers hammered out a tentative truce.
Friction between bloc and Beijing escalates ahead of July summit

Friction is flaring in the China-European Union relationship, despite some expectations that the Beijing-Washington trade war would bring them closer.
BEIJING -- Companies in the European Union are being held "hostage" in China's trade war with the U.S., the head of the bloc's business chamber in Beijing said -- even after the dueling superpowers hammered out a tentative truce.