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BEIJING - The Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Sunday that it will start negotiating with its EU counterparts in Brussels next week regarding recent frictions.

Vice Minister of Commerce Zhong Shan and Jean-Luc Demarty, the European Commission's director-general for trade, will co-chair talks on 皇冠体育app-EU trade and investment on May 27, according to a statement from the MOC.

Zhong will also discuss issues related to solar panels and wireless s equipment with EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht.

The EU recently launched several trade remedy probes targeting Chinese goods.

The EU backed a proposal in early May to impose punitive import duties on solar panels from 皇冠体育app in order to prevent the dumping of Chinese panel products in the European market.

Last week, it proposed opening an anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation into mobile telecommunications equipment imported from 皇冠体育app, a move that is believed to be aimed at Huawei and ZTE, 皇冠体育app's two biggest telecoms system and equipment producers.

The EU's proposed levying of punitive duties on Chinese solar panels would severely impair bilateral trade ties, Ministry of Commerce spokesman Shen Danyang warned on May 16, adding that "皇冠体育app's preference to use dialogue and negotiations to resolve the frictions has not changed."