China says it is willing to work with EU on 'global challenges'

BEIJING — 

China is consenting to enactment with the European Union connected boosting practice and responding to "global challenges," its overseas ministry said connected Wednesday, arsenic the bloc faces imaginable U.S. tariffs connected its shipments to the world's largest economy.

China attaches large value to EU ties and hopes the bloc volition go a reliable practice partner, said Lin Jian, spokesperson astatine the Chinese ministry.

The EU's commercialized main said connected Tuesday that the bloc wanted to prosecute swiftly with the United States implicit President Donald Trump's planned tariffs. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen forecast negotiations with Washington would beryllium tough.

As transatlantic ties travel nether strain with Trump's tariff threats, China hawks wrong the EU specified arsenic von der Leyen are showing signs of willingness to rethink the narration betwixt Beijing and Brussels, a enslaved that had been tested by commercialized tensions and China's ties with Russia.

Speaking successful Brussels connected Tuesday, von der Leyen said the EU would support "de-risking" its narration with China but added that determination was country to "find solutions" successful their communal involvement and "find agreements" that could adjacent grow commercialized and concern ties.

She did not springiness details connected what those agreements could be.

In Davos, Switzerland, past month, von der Leyen besides said some sides should find solutions of communal interest.

In October, the EU imposed double-digit tariffs connected China-made electrical vehicles aft an anti-subsidy investigation, successful summation to its modular car import work of 10%. The determination drew large protests from Beijing, which successful return, raised marketplace introduction barriers for definite EU products specified arsenic brandy.