国内英语资讯:Spotlight: With Lis visit, China forges closer ties with EU_时事

国内英语资讯:Spotlight: With Lis visit, China forges closer ties with EU

Noting that free trade and fair play complement each other, Li said he hopes that free trade can be sustainable, healthy and balanced.

The Chinese premier pointed out that since entering the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001, China has fulfilled its commitment.

He added that the EU should fulfill its obligations under Article 15 of the Protocol on China's accession to the WTO and thus send a signal that international rules should be respected and multilateral system protected.

According to Article 15, WTO members should have stopped using the surrogate country approach to conduct anti-dumping investigations on China by Dec. 11, 2016.

At the leaders' meeting, Tusk and Juncker acknowledged that preserving the current international system accords with the common interests of the EU and China, and those of the whole world, adding that global trading system should not be maintained in a selective approach.

China and the EU, two important players on the world stage, enjoy a comprehensive strategic partnership. The EU is China's largest trading partner while China is the EU's second largest trading partner.

SOLIDARITY ON CLIMATE CHANGE

With Li's visit, China and the EU have demonstrated solidarity on climate change, Tusk told the joint press conference.

"Today we are stepping up our cooperation on climate change with China, which means that today China and Europe have demonstrated solidarity with future generations and responsibility for the whole planet," he said.