EU’s Michel to meet Chinese PM as trade row festers


Michel will meet Li at the Association of South-East Asian Nations summit in the Laos capital. — Reuters

Vientiane: European Council president Charles Michel will hold face-to-face talks with Chinese premier Li Qiang as a trade row between Brussels and Beijing escalates, an official says.

The meeting on the sidelines of a South-East Asian regional summit in Vientiane comes days after China announced provisional tariffs on European brandy imports – the latest salvo in a growing exchange of tit-for-tat penalties.

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