Ministry of Foreign Affairs: China never deliberately pursues a trade surplus. EU officials claim that there is an imbalance in trade between China and Europe. China | Export | Spokesperson
Q: According to reports, the European side will demand that China reduce its export restrictions to Europe at the September China Europe Economic and Trade High Level Dialogue. What is the evaluation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the highly unbalanced trade relations between China and Europe, with China having a huge trade surplus and China's market openness not commensurate with the EU's?
Answer: China never deliberately pursues a trade surplus. The trade surplus between China and Europe is an objective result of the combined effects of industrial structure, industrial division of labor, trade methods, and external factors. For a long time, the vast majority of EU companies in China have benefited greatly from China Europe trade, which is also the fundamental reason for their business operations in China. In recent years, the EU has tightened its exports of high-tech products to China, which is a direct cause of the impact on the potential of EU exports to China and the resulting trade imbalance. If the European side really wants to solve the trade imbalance, it should not blame China, but should lift export restrictions on China.
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