Chinese, EU Trade Heads to Meet as Trump Tariff Tensions Rise
Top trade officials from the European Union and China are planning to meet again early next month, another sign that both sides are stepping up engagements as they try to push back against tariff pressure from Donald Trump.
Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao and the European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maros Sefcovic are set to meet on the sidelines of a WTO ministerial meeting in Paris in early June, according to a spokesperson for the EU. The news was earlier reported by Chinese state media Global Times.
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