(Shanghai Comprehensive ") The Executive Vice Chairman of the European Commission and EU Trade Specialist East Brovskis said that when the openness is abused, the EU needs to protect itself, but the European Union has no intention of decomposing it with China.
According to Reuters, East Brovskis said on Saturday (September 23) at the Shanghai Bund Financial Summit that the European Union had a record high with bilateral trade with China last year, but the trade was "very unbalanced"The European Union's trade deficit with China has reached nearly 400 billion euros (about S $ 582.9 billion).
He said that the European Union is committed to establishing a freedom and fair global trade. "Fairness" is the keywords, but "the EU also needs to protect itself under the abuse of openness, which meansReduction of strategic dependence on certain strategic products.
But he also said that the focus of the EU economic strategy is to go risks, not decoupling."The EU has no intention of deciring it with China."
East Brovsky is conducting four -day visit to China.Reuters pointed out that Sino -European relations have become nervous because China -Europe relations have kept close relationships after the war of Russia and the European Union is committed to reducing dependence on China.After the epidemic, restart the dialogue with China.He also needs to communicate with China on an anti -subsidy investigation of Chinese electric vehicles and communicate with China.
The European Union announced on September 13 that it will start an anti -subsidy investigation of China's electric vehicles.The Chinese Ministry of Commerce criticized the EU as "naked protectionism."
When members of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China, director of the Central Foreign Affairs Office, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, on Friday (September 22), and French Presidential Foreign Affairs Consultant Bona, also called on Europe to adhere to open and inclusive, adhere to market principles, and support free trade.Prevent falling into "protectionism".Wang Yi said that China is committed to resolving each other with the European side through dialogue and negotiation, hoping that France will play a constructive role in properly handling relevant anti -subsidy investigations.
Bloomberg quoted people familiar with the matter and said that during the visit of East Brovskis to visit China, it would propose that China -Europe would reach a specific agreement to adjust bilateral relations; he will also show that the investigation of Chinese electric vehicles strictly abides by procedures, and and also strictly abides by procedures and and and offe on the China Electric Vehicle.Seeking the cooperation of Beijing.
Letting go to European companies is also an important issue for East Brlovskis.He said in his speech on Saturday that he believed that China was facing "a challenging macroeconomic adjustment process", but Beijing must expand the access of foreign companies.
EU Ambassador to China, Yao Yaoji, described in a forum on Thursday (September 21) that thousands of market access barriers to China's market have pushed the EU's trade deficit with China to "the highest level in human history"" ".
