(FILES) The Chinese flag (L) is draped beside the European Union (EU) flag during an EU- China Summit at European Union Commission headquarters in Brussels on June 29, 2015. The European Union has on January 20, 2025, launched a new challenge at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against China's rules on royalty rates for high-tech patents, at the centre of an escalating trade row between Beijing and Brussels. (Photo by THIERRY CHARLIER / AFP) (Photo by THIERRY CHARLIER/AFP via Getty Images)