BRUSSELS: Following the United States-European Union Summit, both sides vowed to carefully consult and collaborate on a broad selection of issues within their strategy to China, together with respect to its contentious activities in Xinjiang and Hong Kong.
At a joint announcement on Tuesdaythe US and the EU stated:”We mean to carefully consult and collaborate on the entire assortment of topics in the frame of our various similar multi-faceted strategies to China, including elements of collaboration, competition, along with systemic contest.
We mean to keep on organizing on our shared issues, such as continuing human rights violations in Xinjiang and Tibet; the erosion of freedom and democratic procedures at Hong Kong; financial coercion; disinformation efforts; and regional security difficulties.” Both sides also expressed significant concern about the position at the East and South China Seas and oppose any unilateral attempts to alter the status quo and also boost anxieties by China.
“We emphasize the value of stability and peace across the Taiwan Strait, and also encourage the peaceful settlement of cross-Strait problems.
We plan also to coordinate with our constructive engagement with China on issues like climate change and also non-proliferation, and also on specific regional problems,” read the combined announcement.
Meanwhile, the US and the EU also known as progress on a clear, evidence-based, also expert-led WHO-convened stage 2 research on the roots of COVID-19, that will be free of disturbance.” .
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.we devote to working together toward the development and application of a speedy and independent way for exploring these outbreaks in the long run,” they stated.
“Now we started a brand new, promising chapter in our combined background, with a strong transatlantic venture”, stated President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, following the EU-US Summit.
Meanwhile, the EU and US dedicated to finish the COVID-19 outbreak and pushing forward the international recovery, in addition to fostering green expansion, strengthening collaboration and developing a much democratic and safe world.
Von der Leyen also praised the direction of US President Joe Biden with respect to global company taxation.
“We collectively intention to build upon the current arrangement at G7 Finance Ministers’ degree.
And we totally stand against the OECD procedure,” she explained.
This includes following world leaders at the recently-concluded Team of Seven (G7) meeting vowed to encourage mutual values by calling on China to honor human rights and basic freedoms in Xinjiang in which Beijing is accused of committing serious human rights abuses from the Uyghur minority, also at the semi-autonomous town of Hong Kong, while consenting to consult collective tactics on Beijing’s methods to undermine the just and transparent performance of the international market.
From the Carbis Bay communique, the G7 leaders stated:”We recognise that the specific duty of the biggest nations and markets in controlling the rules-based global system and worldwide law.
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.We is going to do this according to our shared schedule and democratic principles.
With respect to China, and competition in the world market, we’ll continue to consult collective strategies to ambitious non-market policies and policies that undermine the just and transparent performance of the international market.”