An increasingly desperate China on Friday pleaded with European Union (E.U.) members to join with Beijing in resisting “unilateral bullying” posed by punitive tariffs introduced by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Chinese President Xi Jinping made the call as he met Spanish Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
State news agency Xinhua said Xi had stressed the need for cooperation between the bloc and China in weathering Beijing’s mounting trade war with Washington.
It came 24-hours after Australia rejected the same plea from Beijing, as Breitbart London reported.
“China and Europe should fulfil their international responsibilities… and jointly resist unilateral bullying practices,” Xi said, AFP reports.
This, he stressed, would not only “safeguard their own legitimate rights and interests, but also… safeguard international fairness and justice.”
The AFP report notes Sanchez, in turn, told a press conference following his meeting with Xi that tensions over trade should not impede cooperation between the European Union and China.