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EU envoy in Beijing for talks to calm trade tensions

DW8 October 2026, 14:42 UTCPeople's Republic of China

The EU trade envoy said he hoped to make progress in tackling the bloc's "unsustainable" trade imbalance with China. Beijing called for trade disputes to be resolved through equal dialogue.

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