EU Trade Chief Says China’s Ukraine Stance Hurting Its Image
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The European Union’s top trade negotiator blasted Beijing’s failure to condemn Russia’s war in Ukraine, making it clear the bloc won’t separate economics from key political issues.
Valdis Dombrovskis, an executive vice president at the European Commission, on Tuesday issued some of the group’s strongest criticisms yet about President Xi Jinping’s stance on the war, telling reporters at a press briefing in Beijing the conflict is a “blatant breach” of Chinese principals on territorial integrity.