By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS, Oct 14 (Reuters) - European leaders gather in Brussels on Thursday to weigh up the future of trading ties with China, whose surging exports of cars and other manufactured goods are threatening to harm local industry and cause mass layoffs across Europe.

China is financing Qatar's LNG recovery with a $3 billion loan from four major Chinese banks, strengthening Beijing's influence in the Gulf.

Technology experts Kathleen Curlee and Sam Bresnick argue that China is catching up to the United States in space, commercially and militarily. This poses a threat to U.S. military operations, which rely on space-based capabilities.

By Kanishka Singh, Erin Banco and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Monday he did not believe that China and Russia were helping Iran "at all," even as US intelligence reports in recent months have found that both countries directly support Tehran's war effort.

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