Brussels, 05/09/2005 (Agence Europe) - British prime minister and acting President of the Council of the EU, Tony Blair, said on Monday that strong relations between the EU and China were 'extremely important', as he attended an annual summit in Beijing with his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao. At the 8th EU-China Summit, the Europeans and Chinese signed a deal to end the trade row over textile quotas, amending the June 2005 Shanghai Memorandum of Understanding on textile exports (see other...