Chinese President Xi-Jingping met European leaders in Pair today, including European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and the host French President Emmanuel Macron. Xi said that cooperation is the mainstream in China-Europe relations, and even if there are differences and competition, it is benign competition.
Juncker called for China to open up the markets for the EU. He urged clearer reciprocity so that “European businesses could have the same degree of access to the Chinese market as Chinese businesses have in Europe.” Macron said: “We would like to make progress renovating multilateralism. We have divergences, obviously in the history of humanity power does not go without rivalry, none of us are naive,” Macron added “But we respect China and are determined to have dialogue and cooperation.”
