The European Union (EU) is trying to deepen business agreements with countries in the Asia-Pacific region, since the block is being prepared for American duties. This was stated on Monday by the Vice -President of the European Commission for the Pure, Righteous and Competitive Transformation of Teresa Riber for Bloomberg, from which TASR took over the report.
“We have to explore how far as we can go deep with countries in the Asian-Pacific region,” she said. Described as “very important” ongoing free trade talks with India, which should be concluded by the end of the year. The EU is being prepared for intensifying cooperation with other countries that hit duties US President Donald Trump after a number of his new threats to US business partners, including the European Bloc.
Riberová is currently on a two -day visit to Beijing where negotiating a climate with Chinese officials. Deputy Prime Minister Ting Süe-Siang Ding Riber said that China continues to be determined to enforce green and low -carbon development and joins the global environmental and climate goals No matter how the international situation will change, the official news agency Sinchua said.
Riberová is in Beijing at a time when Trump increases pressure on business partners before the introduction of the so -called. reciprocal duties. Although it indicated that the EU will continue negotiations with the US, The European block will be more hard to look for new markets for its goods if duties become a reality. “We must continue to work on building resilience and partnerships with other countries and allies in the world, who are also open and willing to apply the principles of the rule of law, ” Riber said.
The EU-Cáč Summit will be followed next week. China is trying for closer relations with the EU but the block has expressed the block concerns about the excessive industrial capacity of China, Insufficient access of companies from the EU to its market and support, which Beijing provides Russia during its invasion of Ukraine.
The EU also complains about Controls of magnets exports from rare earths in Chinathat hit the European industry. Only little progress has also been made in resolution of the dispute relating to Introduction of duties in the EU on electric vehicles produced in China For unfair subsidies for companies there. According to Riber, however, it is “premature” to talk about joint communiqué or a statement with China on climate cooperation, but stressed that there is a common willingness to deepen interviews between Brussels and Beijing.
The EU is It is reluctant to sign a joint statement of measures in the climate area with China. The reason is the concerns about the rate of reducing emissions in the Asian country, which is one of the largest polluters in the world, the Financial Times reported last week. He quoted the European Commissioner for the climate of Wopke Hoekstra, who said that China is not doing enough to commit to a faster reduction of emissions.
