Want China Times, Xinhua 2014-10-20
During a trade officials' meeting between the European Union and China in Brussels on Saturday, both sides reached consensus on the EU dropping its anti-subsidy probe against Chinese wireless communications equipment.
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| Huawei said it welcomes the consensus between the EU and China. (File photo/CNS) |
During a trade officials' meeting between the European Union and China in Brussels on Saturday, both sides reached consensus on the EU dropping its anti-subsidy probe against Chinese wireless communications equipment.
Co-chaired
by Chinese commerce minister, Gao Hucheng, and the EU trade commissioner, Karel
De Gucht, the meeting featured multiple-topic discussions on China-EU economic
and trade ties and brought about "broad consensus," according to
Chinese officials.
Gao said
the fact that both sides reached consensus on the EU's dropping its
anti-subsidy probe against Chinese wireless communications equipment as well as
on maintaining a market environment featuring openness and fair competition has
again demonstrated that both sides have the wisdom and ability to handle trade
frictions and thus create better conditions for deepening bilateral economic
and trade ties.
Hailing the
meeting's results, De Gucht said the EU would immediately launch its internal
procedures regarding dropping the probe. He said the EU is willing to work with
China to resolve trade disputes via closer communication and clear hurdles to
the development of bilateral ties.
Huawei
spokesperson Joy Tan in a written statement welcomed the decision of both
sides, saying Huawei always sticks to principle of fair competition and has won
trust of its customers. She said in Europe, Huawei is committed to deepening
communication with local partners and customers and working together to promote
the development of European ICT industry, adding that it is the company's firm
belief that an open and competitive environment will benefit both the industry
and the consumers.
Last year,
the European Commission, the EU's executive body, planned to start an anti-dumping
and anti-subsidy investigation against China but kept talks with Beijing open
for a solution. In March, the EU dropped the anti-dumping investigation against
Chinese telecommunications equipment.
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