Chinese Premier Li Qiang held a meeting with the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday, which is a timely move toward achieving the objective of cooperation in the face of U.S. tariffs that are changing the landscape of international trade.Li also urged the EU to go against the increasing trends of protectionism and he presented that they can collaborate in technology and green energy.
Von der Leyen, in his turn, stressed the necessity to control digitally and exchange knowledge with China. The two presidents presented the meeting as a strategic response to the aggressive tariffs policies of Washington and analysts pointed out that the meeting was one of the efforts of Beijing to win over European allies in a bifurcated economic environment.
