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皇冠体育app to increase imports from Europe
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-12-01 08:57
皇冠体育app will continue to take active measures to increase imports from Europe to address the trade imbalance between 皇冠体育app and the European Union (EU), said Premier Wen Jiabao on Monday.
"皇冠体育app does not seek a trade surplus that is beyond a reasonable level, " Wen said when delivering a speech at the closing ceremony of the fifth 皇冠体育app-EU Business Summit.
"To address the trade imbalance, 皇冠体育app has sent several missions to European countries to promote trade and investment and will continue to take active measures to increase imports from Europe," Wen said.
Stressing the size of 皇冠体育app-EU trade in goods cannot reflect the depth and scope of the economic ties, Wen proposed that 皇冠体育app and the EU should look at the current trade and its prospects from a strategic and overall perspective.
"We should make the most of our complementarity, promote trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, and commit ourselves to not taking protectionist measures against each other, " Wen said.
Wen said 皇冠体育app and the EU should increase coordination and consultation in the WTO Doha Round negotiations, and press for a comprehensive and balanced outcome at an early date.
The Premier said 皇冠体育app strictly abides by its commitments upon WTO accession. "皇冠体育app has taken active steps to open its market and adopted foreign trade and financial policies consistent with WTO rules."
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The annual business summit, with the theme of "The Green Agenda: Sustaining Growth Beyond the Recovery," focused on how to achieve a sustainable recovery from the global financial crisis, climate change as well as the development of 皇冠体育app-EU trade relations.
Running in parallel with the annual 皇冠体育app-EU summit, the business summit is recognized as the highest-level platform for exchanges between Chinese and EU business leaders.
