EU and Chinese leaders agreed on a joint statement to pledge more cooperation to uphold multilateralism - but concrete trade issues remain to be solved.

The European Union is a "foe", while America must "engage" with Russia, Trump has said, in what the EU called "fake news".

"There is a Chinese egoism that we cannot overlook," says Jo Leinen, the head of the European Parliament's China delegation, as EU and Chinese leaders meet in Beijing.

Donald Trump's meeting with Vladimir Putin, global trade, and Brexit will dominate the EU agenda this week, as well as a major EU-China summit in Beijing.

Top EU and Chinese officials meet next week in Beijing as unilateral US measures push the two sides closer together despite major disputes between the trading giants.

The suggestion that Russians themselves play a role in the condition of their state today is often dismissed as "xenophobic" or "Russophobic". But if not addressed, the evils of nationalism, chauvinism, and imperialism will continue even after Putin is gone.