China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged the EU to remain open and reduce export restrictions. Beijing desires an upward balance in trade and greater market access. European nations face a significant trade deficit with China, causing concern. China views the economic relationship as fundamentally complementary and mutually beneficial. The trip aimed to prevent escalating trade tensions into a full-blown trade war.

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged the EU to remain open and reduce export restrictions. Beijing desires an upward balance in trade and greater market access. European nations…

Beijing seeks to keep European markets open as a widening trade deficit and the war in Ukraine strain ties with the bloc.