(6 Apr 2023)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Beijing – 6 April 2023
1. Wide of French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in hallway
2. Wide of Macron and Von der Leyen walking towards Chinese President Xi Jinping
3. Close of Macron, Xi and Von der Leyen posing for photo
4. Wide of Macron, Xi and Von der Leyen at meeting
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission President:
“Our meeting today is also an important opportunity for a frank and constructive dialogue. The European Union and China today have extensive and complex relations. How we manage these relations will be a determining factor for our future economic prosperity. This is why I do not see decoupling from China as a viable or desirable strategy.”
6. Wide of Von der Leyen talking
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission President:
“It is important, more important than ever, that we talk to each other and keep lines of communication open. We are major trading partners. The European Union is China’s largest export market, while China’s our third largest. And while we need to address some critical imbalances in our economic relationship, China and the European Union must also cooperate closely on the most pressing global challenges.”
8. Wide of meeting
STORYLINE:
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday described relations between China and the EU as “complex”.
Von der Leyen made the comments at the start of a trilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron during a visit to Beijing.
“How we manage these relations will be a determining factor for our future economic prosperity,” she said as she outlined Thursday’s meeting as an “important opportunity for a frank and constructive dialogue” between all parties.
“It is important, more important than ever, that we talk to each other and keep lines of communication open,” she stressed.
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