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"Mr President, we cannot ignore China, and with all his working experience, this is something Commissioner De Gucht knows all about. That said, that is not something that we should want in any case. China is our second largest trading partner, the second largest economy in the world and it has been seeing astonishingly strong growth for years. That provides unrivalled opportunities for European companies.
I do have concerns, though, which I also see reflected in the solid report produced by Ms de Sarnez. European companies have to face a great many obstacles on the Chinese market, and China’s ambitions when it comes to lifting these barriers do not appear to be very high. I am thus issuing an urgent call to both partners to set to work on this. Reciprocity – and this has been mentioned quite often this evening already – needs to be the key word in the mutual relationship.
At the same time, the Commission needs to continue pressing China to live up to its WTO obligations: allowing European companies a level playing field, protecting intellectual property rights and eliminating other trade barriers, such as restricted access to raw materials.
Finally, I would like to wish Commissioner De Gucht a great deal of tenacity in his negotiations and in struggling for a level playing field with our Chinese trading partners."@en1
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