US treasury secretary Jacob J. Lew is set to meet with EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager this week as she prepares to deliver a final verdict on a probe into Apple’s tax affairs in Ireland.

Germany, France and Italy plan to sign up for China’s Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, joining the UK in a project that is raising concern in Washington.

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government should raise infrastructure investments tenfold compared with a blueprint laid out in the 2014-17 budget plan to help euro-region members such as Italy, the International Monetary Fund said. 

China’s government says it is ready to discuss strengthening cyber security at a top-level forum with US officials next week and wants Washington to help settle territorial disputes in east Asia.