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Shanghai skyline. Last year's downturn saw a shrinking of the EU-China trade deficit (Photo: EUobserver)

EU-China Trade: A Positive in the Euro Crisis?

The visit by EU leaders to China in April brought back little in the way of economic rewards. Even though the visit included the new Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht who held high-level discussions with his Chinese counterparts, there appeared to few concrete results.

Nevertheless, for Europe, in the midst of a profound crisis ignited in one minor country that has consumed the whole of the eurozone and spread even beyond as a result of a totally inadequate response across the EU, trad...

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Shanghai skyline. Last year's downturn saw a shrinking of the EU-China trade deficit (Photo: EUobserver)

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