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Business News/ News / World/  Angela Merkel says she’ll seek China as free-trade ally on Beijing trip
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Angela Merkel says she’ll seek China as free-trade ally on Beijing trip

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she'll renew efforts to enlist China as an ally on free trade when she visits leaders including President Xi Jinping in Beijing next week

Angela Merkel plans to meet Xi i Jinping and other Chinese leaders on 24 May, followed by a stop in Shenzhen to tour sites including a Siemens AG facility. Photo: BloombergPremium
Angela Merkel plans to meet Xi i Jinping and other Chinese leaders on 24 May, followed by a stop in Shenzhen to tour sites including a Siemens AG facility. Photo: Bloomberg

London: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she’ll renew efforts to enlist China as an ally on free trade when she visits leaders including President Xi Jinping in Beijing next week.

It’ll be Merkel’s first trip to the world’s second-biggest economy since she began her fourth term in March. While Europe and China have points of friction from investment reciprocity to human rights, they’re finding common cause in rebuffing US President Donald Trump’s tariff threats against both.

“China and Germany are committed to the rules of the World Trade Organization, yet we will also talk about reciprocal access in trade and intellectual property issues," Merkel said in her weekly podcast published Saturday. “And we want to strengthen multilateralism."

Merkel plans to meet Xi and other Chinese leaders on 24 May, followed by a stop in Shenzhen to tour sites including a Siemens AG facility. She may strike a more reserved tone than French President Emmanuel Macron, who visited China in January and said European nations must stand up to China’s global reach.

Relations with China have always been a balancing act for Merkel, even more so since China overtook the US as Germany’s biggest trading partner in 2016. At the same time, the US and Germany need each other to rein in China’s growing political and economic influence.

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Published: 19 May 2018, 06:19 PM IST
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