On the sidelines of the EU-ASEAN summit, the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, met with the Chinese Prime Minister, Li Qiang, on Friday 11 October. According to a European source, Mr Michel stressed to Mr Qiang the need to “rebalance EU-China economic ties with a focus on fair competition”.
The President of the EU Council was even firmer in an interview with AFP on the same day: China “needs to adapt its behaviour” in the conflict involving several tariff threats...