In the next five years, China intends to import more than €140 billion of goods from Central and Eastern European countries (CEE) countries, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday during the “17+1” summit of China and Eastern European countries.
“We need to deepen agricultural cooperation in a bid to double CEE countries’ agricultural exports to China and raise two-way agricultural trade by 50% over the next five years,” he added.
Launched in 2012, the “17+1” summit consists of China, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia.
For many years now, it has raised eyebrows in the West, as it is seen as Beijing’s attempt to increase its influence in Europe.
Has the “pause button” been pressed on China-CEEC cooperation amid COVID-19? The answer is no, even though the whole world experienced a severe collapse in economy in 2020. According to the latest data from China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), China’s total trade volume with 17 Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) reached $103.45 billion in .
The presidents of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia on Wednesday discussed mass vaccination as a means to bring their economies out of the coronavirus pandemic and backed nuclear energy as a way to curb climate change amid rising demand for energy.
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