The Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, will travel next week to Brussels, France, and Germany to meet with his counterparts, as China hopes to improve its relations with the continent.
Beijing – China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, an experienced 71-year-old senior official, will travel to Europe next week to strengthen ties with the Old Continent, regarded by Beijing as an important trading partner and a crucial counterweight to the United States.
But several issues are poisoning relations.
In particular, trade disputes (over Chinese electric cars and French cognac) and the close China-Russia partnership, viewed with suspicion by many European capitals in the context of the war in Ukraine.
A China-European Union summit is set to be held next month in China to mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Beijing and Brussels.
“ Sino-European relations face significant opportunities as the world experiences an acceleration of historical transformations, with the worrying rise of unilateralism, protectionism, and hegemonic behaviors ,” emphasized Guo Jiakun, a spokesperson for Chinese diplomacy, in a veiled criticism of the United States. (June 27, 2025)
