Europe and China hold scaled-back trade talks with expectations low for major agreements

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00:00Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet with the president.

00:02European Union leaders have met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and other top officials

00:07at a one-day summit in Beijing.

00:10They discussed climate cooperation and global conflicts, but most importantly, the massive

00:15trade deficit with China.

00:17Xi called on China and Europe to deepen cooperation and mutual trust to provide stability.

00:24But Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pointed out that cooperation needs to be mutual,

00:28beneficial and urged for a more balanced relationship with Beijing.

00:34Meanwhile, European Council President Antonio Costa called on China to use its influence

00:39over Russia to bring an end to the war in Ukraine.

00:43Von der Leyen and Costa were also expected to raise concerns over Chinese cyberattacks and

00:48espionage, its restrictions on the exports of rare earth minerals and human rights issues

00:53in Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong.

00:56The talks were initially scheduled for two days.

01:00However, they were scaled back amid economic uncertainty, the wars in the Middle East and

01:04Ukraine and the threat of U.S. tariffs.

01:08Europe is also treading carefully, avoiding to move too closely at China in order not to

01:13antagonize U.S. President Donald Trump, which further complicated the summit.

01:17since theêm years of national and cross破.

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