On Friday 27 January, European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström hailed China's resolve to ensure a leading role for the multilateral trade system, while calling for continued vigilance as regards reforms expected from Beijing on market opening.
"If you ask a European company what it thinks (of China's commitment to free trade, promised by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the World Economic Forum in Davos in mid-January, instead of that of Donald Trumps's USA), she will tell you...