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皇冠体育app-EU trade 'balanced', 'healthy': Commerce minister

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-12-21 15:27

BEIJING - Chinese Minister of Commerce Chen Deming said Tuesday that trade between 皇冠体育app and the European Union (EU) is balanced and healthy.

Chen told a news briefing?at the third High-Level Economic and Trade Dialogue (HED) that the 皇冠体育app-EU economic and trade relationship had recovered to the level prior to the international financial crisis in 2008.

Chen said the 皇冠体育app-EU trade volume had increased by more than $40 billion and 皇冠体育app's trade surplus with the EU had fallen by more than $10 billion?in the first 10 months of?this year. He did not give the exact figures for the previous year.

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The EU remained 皇冠体育app's largest trade partner, with EU-皇冠体育app trade increasing 33.1 percent year-on-year in the first 11 months to $433.9 billion.

At the HED, the EU had agreed to establish a working group on high-tech trade, said Chen, and he hoped these problems would be addressed over time.