In the face of these challenges, European nations and China have refused to sit still. Their responses so far are as reasonable as they are legitimate.
While sparkplugging the very spirit of free trade, they should also jointly work to reform existing global economic governing institutions so that they can be more open, inclusive and resilient.
Also, they should call on all members of the international community to resist the temptation of resorting to unilateral actions in fixing trade disputes, and to stay committed to talks within the framework of the World Trade Organization, the backbone of today's multilateral trading system.
Over the past 40 years since China adopted the reform and opening-up policy, it has done its fair share of promoting economic openness and free trade, and has made great contributions to the world. It has promised to do more.
Only days ahead of Li's visit, China introduced huge new tariff cuts covering consumer goods and automobiles to help increase imports.
That is part of Beijing's proposed measures made at Boao Forum for Asia in April to pursue further opening up, including significantly increasing market access, creating a more attractive investment environment, strengthening protection of intellectual property rights and expanding imports.
Germany is home to many of the world's car manufacturing giants. For these businesses, China's latest moves mean more direct market opportunities.
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