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Merz Hails China Ties as Berlin Seeks Reset with Beijing
Merz aims to resolve trade disputes and boost cooperation on climate and food security as Germany's trade deficit with China reached €89 billion last year, officials said.
- On Wednesday, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing to bolster bilateral ties, with Xi saying he was willing to take relations to new levels.
- Amid global fallout from U.S. tariffs, Berlin sought closer ties with China after it overtook the United States last year as Germany's biggest trade partner, with Merz following recent Western leaders courting Beijing.
- Traveling with a large business delegation, Merz met Premier Li Qiang at the Great Hall of the People where they signed agreements on climate and food security, and plans visits to Hangzhou's Unitree and a Mercedes plant on Thursday.
- He is expected to press Xi to urge Russia to end the war in Ukraine, with Wolfgang Niedermark saying, `We expect the chancellor to clearly address problems such as overcapacity, distortions of competition, and export controls on critical raw materials`.
- Germany's trade deficit with China hit a record 89 billion euros last year, and European companies warn that state-driven systemic competition risks new trade conflicts.
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Merz hails China ties as Berlin seeks reset with Beijing
BEIJING: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz won a pledge by China to import more high-quality goods from Germany on Wednesday, as he visited Beijing aiming to reset relations that have been clouded by a yawning trade deficit with the world’s second-largest economy. On his first visit to China as Chancellor, Merz, who was accompanied by a large business delegation, told President Xi Jinping that he wanted to deepen economic ties with China, German…
Germany and China want to deepen their economic cooperation. Federal Chancellor Merz said at a meeting with China's head of state Xi Jinping in Beijing that both countries have had a good bilateral relationship for decades.
Europe cannot fail to deal with China. And despite the trade threats of Donald Trump, European leaders have understood that Beijing must have a dialogue and, above all, do business. So, after the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron, also the German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, flew to the People's Republic to meet Xi Jinping. The climate had appeared excellent since the eve, with the leader of the Cdu who had …
Germany’s Merz meets Xi in China, seeking closer ties
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Wednesday, hoping to bolster ties with his country's largest trade partner and high-tech rival as Europe's biggest economy struggles. Berlin and Beijing want to build on their decades-old economic ties at a time when US President Donald Trump has sparked global chaos with his tariffs blitz and other erratic foreign policy moves. China, the world's number two econom…
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