France’s Le Maire Wants Fair EU-China Trade in All Areas
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The European Union should be ready to defend its own interests with respect to China in areas beyond electric vehicles though the bloc isn’t seeking a trade war, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said.
“In all areas, maybe solar panels, maybe other areas, we have to ensure that trade is based on fair rules,” he told Bloomberg Television on the sidelines of a Eurogroup meeting in Santiago de Compostela, Spain on Friday. “It is maybe the beginning of a new period, new era where the EU starts thinking about its own interest.”