PATRICIA ZENGERLE and DAVID BRUNNSTORM TWO months before President Donald Trump is due to leave office, the Republican leader of a U.S. Senate committee has issued a report urging Washington to work closely with allies in Europe to counter the threat posed by China. The outgoing Republican president, who failed in his re-election bid against Democratic challenger Joe Biden, took a tough line on China, but often acted unilaterally and offended allies in Europe and Asia by accusing them of freeloading on defence and browbeating them to follow U.S. policy. Biden, due to take office on January 20, has spoken…