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EUROPEAN UNION trade commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said yesterday that China must open its markets to European imports before free trade talks can start.
In a speech to university students in Beijing, Ms Malmstrom called for “a more level playing field” between the developed EU and developing China.
She said the bloc supported Beijing’s path toward a more market-oriented economy promised in 2013, but hadn’t seen “much progress.”
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