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"On facing common challenges"/ Spanish Prime Minister visits China
2025-04-11 10:41:37 / BOTA
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez arrived in Beijing on Thursday evening, CGTN reported. The visit marks his third trip to China in three years.
During the visit, President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang will hold talks with him, according to Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian.
The visit makes Sanchez the first European head of government to meet with President Xi since the U.S. government announced the new tariffs last week, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the China-Spain comprehensive strategic partnership.
Spain is an important cooperative partner for China within the EU. The two sides have always adhered to the principles of mutual respect and benefit.
China hopes to seize this visit as an opportunity to expand open cooperation, jointly respond to global challenges, and achieve new progress for the China-Spain comprehensive strategic partnership from a new starting point, according to Lin.
The latest round of US tariff measures affects both China and Europe, to some extent, bringing the two sides closer together on trade-related issues. " It is imperative that China and the EU face this challenge together, as US unilateral policies would severely damage globalization and the multilateral trading system that underpins China-EU cooperation," diplomatic sources say.
A day before Sánchez's visit, Spanish Agriculture Minister Luis Planas was quoted as saying in a report by Reuters on Wednesday that Spain would pursue closer trade ties with China in the interest of its citizens and the EU, rejecting a US warning that rapprochement with the Asian country would be like "cutting your throat."
What the US president is doing with global trade should push Europe to reconsider its willingness to find new partners and open new markets, Sanchez said in a conversation with reporters after arriving in Vietnam for a three-day visit, according to Bloomberg.
"The situation with the US means that everyone has to adapt, and that includes changing Europe's attitude towards China, but also China's towards Europe," Sanchez was quoted as saying in the media report.
" The US administration's strategy mainly relies on maximum pressure and tariff increases to force other countries to enter into bilateral negotiations with the US ," Cui said, noting that this approach not only undermines the foundations of the multilateral trading system, but also seeks to reshape global trade rules under US dominance, thereby ensuring America's central position in the global trade landscape.
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