The Spanish Prime Minister’s final go to to China was in March 2023, when Spain held the rotating presidency of the European Union. File photograph | Picture credit score: Reuters
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will meet Chinese language President Xi Jinping and different high officers on Monday (9 September 2024) throughout his second journey to China in a 12 months and a half that comes amid a row over electrical automobiles.
The centre-left Socialist chief may even attend a enterprise discussion board in Beijing for Spanish and Chinese language firms earlier than travelling to Shanghai on Monday (9 September 2024). The next day he’ll attend extra enterprise occasions and the inauguration of the Instituto Cervantes, a centre selling the Spanish language and tradition.
Earlier than talks and dinner with Chinese language President Xi, Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez will meet his Chinese language counterpart Li Qiang and ceremonial legislature chief Zhao Leji. Sanchez arrived on Sunday night (8 September 2024) and can depart on Wednesday (11 September 2024).
Mr. Sánchez visited China in March 2023 when Spain held the rotating presidency of the European Union.
Spain was amongst EU members that expressed assist earlier this 12 months for a 36.7% tariff on Chinese language electrical automobiles. The Chinese language authorities responded by launching an investigation into EU pork imports.
EU pork product exports to China peaked at 7.4 billion euros ($7.9 billion) in 2020, when Beijing needed to flip overseas to fulfill home demand after its pig farms had been decimated by a swine illness. EU pork exports to China have since declined, reaching 2.5 billion euros ($2.6 billion) final 12 months. Practically half of that complete got here from Spain.
Tensions over pork haven’t stopped Spain from welcoming plans by Chinese language carmaker Chery to open an electrical automobile plant in Barcelona.
Printed – September 09, 2024 01:41 pm IST
