China seeks to enhance ties with Ireland to boost relations with EU | Sada Elbalad

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : China is keen on expanding economic and trade cooperation with Ireland while aiming for mutually beneficial results, Chinese President Xi Jinping told the Irish prime minister on Monday, positioning stronger bilateral ties as a way to also boost relations with the European Union, Reuters reported.
56% : China has shown growing interest in engaging with European Union countries individually as ties with Brussels remain frosty.
55% : Beijing has also treated bilateral meetings as a means for conveying its views on relations with the EU.
54% : China and the EU should focus on the long term, take an objective and rational approach to their differences, and look towards win-win cooperation, Xi told Martin, according to state news agency Xinhua.
53% : "It is hoped that Ireland will play a constructive role in the healthy and stable development of China-EU relations," Xi said, referencing Ireland assuming the rotating presidency of the EU Council in the latter half of this year.
51% : It was among the EU nations that voted in favour of tariffs on Chinese EVs.
43% : Martin's trip comes two weeks after Beijing announced tariffs on EU dairy products, imposing provisional duties of up to 42.7%, the latest in a series of measures against EU exports widely seen as retaliation for the bloc's electric vehicle tariffs.

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