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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9434
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/china

Union calls for opening up of Chinese markets but fails to convince Beijing to participe in joint climate change efforts

Brussels, 29/05/2007 (Agence Europe) - As part of an EU/China ministerial at the EU/ASEM foreign affairs ministers meeting on Monday in Hamburg, the head of German diplomacy and acting president of the Council, Frank-Walter Steinmeier and the Commissioner for external relations, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, called on China to continue to open up its markets, a measure they consider necessary if the Union is going to be able to reduce its trade deficit with its Chinese partner. This deficit is...

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