China overtakes U.S. as EU's biggest trading partner

China last year overtook the United States as the EU's biggest trading partner, the EU statistics agency Eurostat said on Monday.

The EU's trade with the United States dropped significantly in 2020, with a 13.2 percent dip in imports and 8.2 percent in exports, Eurostat said.

Britain meanwhile, which is no longer part of the European Union, was the third-largest trading partner for the bloc, behind China and the United States, the agency said.

(With input from AFP)