China and EU trade chiefs to meet next week
EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic will hold talks with Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao in Brussels next week, a spokesman told AFP on June 22, as the bloc seeks to address trade frictions through dialogue.
"I can confirm that Commissioner Sefcovic will welcome Minister Wang in Brussels for meetings on June 29," EU trade spokesman Olof Gill said.
The European Union has in recent weeks ramped up the rhetoric on the need to address the 27-country bloc's trade imbalances with China.
The EU's trade deficit in goods hit around 360 billion euros ($412 billion) last year, meaning the bloc imported way more from China than it exported there.EU leaders last week agreed Brussels should take on a two-pronged approach.
