The EU and China are two of the biggest traders in the world, with China being the EU's second trading partner.&nbsp; The EU-China Human Rights Dialogue was launched in 1995.&nbsp;Parliament strongly condemns the Chinese government-led system of forced labour – in particular the exploitation of Uyghur, ethnic Kazakh and Kyrgyz, and other Muslim minority groups – in factories within and outside internment camps in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

Over the past year, EU-China bilateral relations have deteriorated, notably related to a growing number of irritants (i.e., China’s counter-measures to EU sanctions on human rights, economic coercion and trade measures against the single market, and China’s positioning on the war in Ukraine).

During his recent visit to China, Commission Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis told his counterparts that “competition must be fair” and urged Beijing to address the lack of reciprocity in economic relations, as the EU’s trade deficit with China in 2022 reached almost 400 billion euro. Mr Dombrovskis said that the EU and China are at a significant political and economic crossroads, and warned that China’s stance on the war in Ukraine could jeopardise its relationship with the EU.

His visit came after Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced during her State of the European Union address that the Commission would launch a probe into whether China's electric vehicle industry is receiving unfair subsidies

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EU - China

The need for a coherent strategy for EU-China Relations: one round political group leaders

The need for a coherent strategy for EU-China Relations: opening statements by Ursula VON DER LEYEN, President of the European Commission and by Josep BORRELL FONTELLES, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

Introductory remark by David SASSOLI, EP President on China's sanctions against MEPs (following EU criticism on alleged human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region) and statements by Reinhard BÜTIKOFER (Greens/EFA, DE) and Maria ARENA (S&D, BE)

EP Plenary session - People’s Republic of China’s misinterpretation of the UN resolution 2758 and its continuous military provocations around Taiwan

People’s Republic of China’s misinterpretation of the UN resolution 2758 and its continuous military provocations around Taiwan: closing statement by Nicolas SCHMIT, European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights

People’s Republic of China’s misinterpretation of the UN resolution 2758 and its continuous military provocations around Taiwan: MEPs debate

People’s Republic of China’s misinterpretation of the UN resolution 2758 and its continuous military provocations around Taiwan: opening statement by Nicolas SCHMIT, European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights

EP Plenary session - Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law

Delegations for relations with the People’s Republic of China Constitutive meeting

EP Plenary session - Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Rule 144)

EP Plenary session - EU-China relations

Voting session, including the motion for resolution on the Effectiveness of the EU sanctions on Russia

Press conference by INGE Chair Raphaël Glucksmann on the meetings of the INGE delegation in Taiwan

Voting session, including the Election of a Quaestor of the European Parliament (to replace Monika Beňová)

EU-China trade relations: Questions and answers (part 2)

EU-China trade relations: Questions and answers (part 1)

Deterioration of fundamental freedoms in Hong Kong, notably the case of Jimmy Lai: closing statement by Kadri SIMSON, European Commissioner for Energy

The need for a coherent strategy for EU-China Relations: MEPs debate (part 3)

The need for a coherent strategy for EU-China Relations: MEPs debate (part 2)

The need for a coherent strategy for EU-China Relations: MEPs debate (part 1)

The need for a coherent strategy for EU-China Relations: extracts from the debate

EPRS - Geo-economics in an age of empires

Voting session, including the suspicions of corruption from Qatar and the broader need for transparency and accountability in the European institutions

Question Time to Commission - Protection of critical infrastructure from China's interference: questions and answers with Margrethe VESTAGER, Vice-President of the European Commission (part 2)

Question Time to Commission - Protection of critical infrastructure from China's interference: questions and answers with Margrethe VESTAGER, Vice-President of the European Commission (part 1)

EU-China relations: closing statement by Josep BORRELL, Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

EU-China relations: MEPs debate

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