LONDON (AP) — The European Medicines Agency has recommended authorizing a twice-yearly injectable drug aimed at preventing HIV, which scientists say could help end the virus' transmission.

US President Donald Trump criticized on Saturday Europe's migration policies and renewable energy projects ahead of his scheduled meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to discuss transatlantic trade relations.

President Trump last week touted a $550 billion investment in the US that Japan made as part of trade negotiations "to lower their tariffs a little bit," as he described it. On Saturday, Japanese trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa suggested the money could be used to help finance a Taiwanese chipmaker building plants in the US,

The European Union could hit the United States with counter-tariffs on 93 billion euros ($109 billion) worth of U.S. goods if the two sides fail to reach a trade deal by Washington's August 1 deadline for imposing import levies.

Federal figures suggest Canadian companies are looking to Europe in larger numbers to reduce their reliance on markets and investment in the United States.

President Donald Trump told reporters at the Glasgow airport in Scotland on Friday that he will meet with the European Union on Sunday as the U.S. looks to strike a trade deal with them. He reiterated comments from earlier in the day that the U.

EU-China relations have reached an "inflection point", European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told her Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at a one-day summit in Beijing.

The European Union's drug regulator has recommended approval of Moderna's updated formulation of COVID-19 shot Spikevax, the vaccine maker said on Friday.