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CGTN: President Xi Jinping Calls on China, EU to Provide More Stability, Certainty for World
CHINA, JUL 25 – China and the European Union mark 50 years of relations by pledging to enhance trade, investment, and climate cooperation while managing geopolitical and economic challenges.
- In Beijing on Thursday, EU and China held the 50th anniversary summit, marking a key milestone in their relations.
- Despite deep economic links, tensions have risen, as Brussels and China’s export controls on critical rare earths have strained relations, with EU-China ties increasingly fraught.
- At the summit, the press statement said, and both sides also agreed to forge an ‘upgraded version’ of the export control dialogue while issuing a joint statement on climate change.
- Amid these new measures, China’s commerce minister issued ‘solemn representations’ to the EU and warned of ‘a serious negative impact on China-EU economic and trade relations’.
- Highlighting future prospects, China’s high-quality development and CALB’s $2.2-billion plant in Sines will boost cooperation, and Xi said this will create new opportunities.
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China’s President Xi Jinping this Thursday called on European Union leaders “to properly manage differences and frictions,” during a summit marked by trade claims and pressure on China for its stance on the war in Ukraine. Xi launched a direct criticism of Brussels for its recent investigations against Chinese companies, while defending that “the current challenges facing Europe do not come from China,” according to state agency Xinhua.
President Xi Jinping calls on China, EU to provide more stability, certainty for world
Xi put forward three proposals for the future of China-EU relations: both sides should uphold mutual respect and consolidate the positioning of their relations as partnership, embrace openness and cooperation while properly managing differences and frictions, and practice multilateralism and uphold international rules and order.
Xi Jinping welcomed to China the President of the European Council, Antonio Costa, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen
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