Trade, climate change and the war in Ukraine are on the agenda Tuesday as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz meets Chinese Premier Li Qiang, who is on his first foreign trip since taking office.
and had dinner with Scholz at the Chancellery before the start of formal talks.
Germany is keen to maintain good ties with China, its biggest trading partner, despite wariness over Beijing's growing assertiveness and refusal to criticize the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Germany’s recently publishedScholz has said he wants to avoid overreliance on Chinese trade and diversify Germany's supply of key goods — an approach he called “derisking” — while rejecting the idea of “decoupling” from China.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wengbin said last week that the choice of Germany as Li’s first stop “fully reflects the high importance China attaches to China-Germany relations.” He said China looked forward to “sending positive signals to the world to strengthen dialogue and cooperation” and joining to address challenges “so as to promote the prosperity and development of the world economy.
After visiting the European Union's biggest economy Li travels to France — the second-biggest — where he will attend the “Summit for a New Global Financing Pact,” which is being held at French President Emmanuel Macron's initiative. Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
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