The summit between the European Union (EU) and China will be held in Beijing, China, this July. Although it was conventionally expected that the summit would take place at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, the venue was deliberately changed to accommodate Chinese President Xi Jinping's attendance.
On the afternoon of the 11th (local time), the EU Commission announced at a regular briefing that the EU-China summit will be held in Beijing this July. Following the precedent set by the 2023 summit held in Beijing, the plan was originally to hold this summit at the EU headquarters, but President Xi's reluctance to travel abroad appears to have broken this convention. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and Ant?nio Costa, President of the European Council, will both attend the summit. The two are expected to visit Beijing simultaneously to meet with President Xi.
This summit is expected to serve as an opportunity to improve the somewhat strained bilateral relations between the EU and China, caused by tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, amid the international trade order being shaken by the tariff war triggered by former U.S. President Donald Trump. The EU Commission also announced that negotiations will resume on setting a minimum price for European exports as an alternative to the high tariffs currently imposed on Chinese electric vehicles.
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