BRUSSELS, June 22 — China’s leaders and senior EU officials held a video summit today with tensions rising over new tariffs targeting Chinese firms and European disquiet at Beijing’s assertiveness on the world stage. The heads of the EU’s main institutions began talks on the coronavirus...
European Council President Charles Michel takes part in a EU-China video summit with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Brussels, June 22, 2020. — AFP pic
European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen began the summit at 0800 GMT with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.China and the EU both say they want to strengthen ties, but the relationship is tangled in a thicket of disagreements on topics ranging from trade and investment rules to human rights and national security.
But he rapped Brussels over plans for tougher rules for heavily subsidised foreign companies, which would particularly target Chinese firms, saying the EU was not practising the openness it preached to others. At talks with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last week, Borrell proposed a dialogue with Washington aimed at forging a common trans-Atlantic front against Beijing — though he has also stressed the EU must pursue its own interests and not simply toe the American line.The bloc has sought to challenge China on human rights issues such as Tibet and Hong Kong, where European capitals are extremely concerned about Beijing’s proposed new security law.
Cui Hongjian of the China Institute of International Studies said officials would defend their position on Hong Kong and explain the need for the new law — as Foreign Minister Wang Yi did in recent talks with EU counterparts. There is particular concern about Chinese companies swooping in to buy European companies weakened by the coronavirus-triggered recession.
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