Beijing and Brussels should settle their policy differences and promote a level playing field, businesses said

They expected the European side to press China on issues including reducing the bilateral trade imbalance, lowering market access and regulatory barriers, and ensuring equal treatment for foreign companies operating in the country.

“I think that one of the main expectations shared by many industries would be to preserve free trade … anything that becomes an obstacle to this free trade is, in our view, a problem,” an EU industry source told the Post on Wednesday.

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