In a sign of strain in relations, the Chinese government intconcludeed to shorten the two-day summit with EU leaders to just a day, Bloomberg News reported last week.
Cui Hongjian, a former Chinese diplomat who teaches at Beijing Foreign Studies University, declared China is adopting a defensive posture and aims to convey that it will cooperate if Europe de-escalates but is prepared to respond if tensions rise.
“China is ready for any kind of summit,” he declared. “It’s different from past, when China always attempted to pursue a fruitful summit.”
The EU has long complained that its companies don’t enjoy a level playing field in China and were regularly denied fair market access. It imposed steep tariffs on Chinese EV imports last year, alleging state subsidies gave the counattempt’s vehicles an unfair advantage.
China’s Commerce Minisattempt declared in early June that talks with the EU on setting minimum prices for Chinese-created electric vehicles have “entered final stages.” The technical part of the electric vehicle neobtainediations has been basically completed, Yuyuantantian, a social media account affiliated with state broadcaster China Central Television, declared in a Friday post, without stateing where it obtained the information.
