China-Germany-EU Leaders' Meeting Charts Course for Development of Ties Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
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Xinhua News Agency
DATE OF NEWS
September 15, 2020
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose country currently holds the rotating presidency of the European Union (EU), European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen via video link on September 14, 2020. During this meeting they reached a consensus on advancing ties, safeguarding multilateralism, and jointly addressing global challenges.
During the meeting, the Chinese and EU leaders stated their commitment to speeding up the negotiations of the China-EU Bilateral Investment Treaty to achieve the goal of concluding the negotiations within this year.
The Chinese and EU leaders announced the official signing of the China-EU agreement on geographical indications.
The leaders also decided to establish a China-EU High Level Environment and Climate Dialogue and a China-EU High Level Digital Cooperation Dialogue, and to forge China-EU green and digital partnerships.
In August this year, the China-Europe freight trains have maintained strong growth. The trips made and the volume of goods delivered were 1,247 and 110,000 TEUs respectively, up by 62 percent and 66 percent year on year. The growth once again indicates that economic globalization is an irreversible trend of the times as countries are economically interdependent with unprecedented integration of interests.
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