Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has offered an olive branch to the European Union by saying that Beijing will not undermine the bloc’s interests if it reaches a trade deal with the United States, said the South China Morning Post.
Li’s peace offering came after the EU Commission released a paper, which labeled China as an “economic competitor” and “a systemic rival promoting alternative models of governance.”
At the premier’s annual press conference on Friday he said, “China’s trade conflict with the US is a bilateral matter; we will neither take advantage of nor harm the interests of a third party.”
Foreign Minister Wang Yi will attend the ninth China-European Union High-Level Strategic Dialogue in Brussels this month and Li will follow him in April for talks with his European counterparts.
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