Irish PM aims for deeper trade talks in Beijing

Ireland’s Prime Minister Micheal Martin had in-depth talks on trade with China’s No. 2 official, working to strengthen strategic ties with the world’s second-largest economy amid frosty China-European Union relations.

Martin’s meeting yesterday with Chinese Premier Li Qiang forms part of his five-day trip that ‌he said would include “a significant economic dimension”, a clip posted on the Irish Taoiseach’s X handle on Monday showed.