Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković says the EU must increase its economic cooperation with China and believes ‘a little pragmatism’ will be necessary when dealing with U.S. President
Donald Trump who has threatened to issue tariffs on the bloc.
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Donald Trump who has threatened to issue tariffs on the bloc.
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00:00When it comes to EU and China, I think here the main position of most of the member states is to
00:07increase our cooperation, to respect the values that we share internationally,
00:11but also to increase economic cooperation, better access to the market, work on the progress,
00:18and that was the Chinese altered policy vis-a-vis the imports to China, and these were the main
00:25signals of President Xi back in Shanghai when I was there at the big summit for the export and
00:33import of China. I think this policy in Chinese terms is a longer one than elsewhere, and that
00:40is one thing. Second thing is that when it comes to the United States-EU relation, we need a lot
00:46of pragmatism, better understanding, we need to strengthen our economies, especially in the big
00:51member countries. Stagnation is not a very good economic situation, and therefore I think we
00:58should use the capabilities of increasing our trade, which is mutually beneficial,
01:03and we have proven in the past that there are ways to do it.