China and the European Union have held positive trade talks on vehicles and raw materials, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has revealed.
“China attaches great importance to China-EU cooperation in the field of industry and is willing to work with the EU to deepen mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation and achieve common development, said Xin Guobin, vice minister of industry and information technology.
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The Friday meeting was co-chaired by Xin and Kerstin Jorna, the European Commission’s director-general for internal market, industry, entrepreneurship and small and medium enterprises.
Earlier this week, China said it was prepared to work hand-in-hand with the European Union to protect free trade, despite friction between the bloc and Beijing, particularly over China’s state-subsided auto and solar industries, and tech raw materials.
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi had said: “As long as China and the EU strengthen solidarity and cooperation, bloc confrontation will not arise.”
- Reuters with additional editing by Sean O’Meara
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