EU, China to hold trade dialogue amid simmering tensions
BEIJING (Reuters) – The European Union and China will maintain a high-level financial and commerce dialogue on Tuesday amidst tensions over a lot of points together with the struggle in Ukraine, Xinjiang and an as but unratified funding settlement.
“The ninth #EUChina Excessive-Degree Financial & Commerce Dialogue takes place tomorrow 19/07,” Government Vice President of the EU Fee, Valdis Dombrovskis, mentioned on his Twitter account on Monday.
“I look ahead to co-chairing this necessary occasion along with China Vice-Premier Liu He.”
The dialogue can be digital and can happen within the afternoon Beijing time on Tuesday, Western diplomatic sources informed Reuters.
The final spherical of such dialogue was in July 2020 and was additionally led by Dombrovskis and Liu.
(Reporting by Martin Quin Pollard; Enhancing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)
