Chinese President visits Brussels: trade issues and Ukraine high on agenda, Commission states

Lénaïc Vaudin d’Imécourt is joined by Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen, spokeswoman of the European Commission, to discuss Chinese President Xi Jinping’s first official trip to Brussels on Monday 31 March.

The visit also is the first visit ever by a Chinese President to the European Union headquarters. In Brussels Xi Jinping is expected to discuss trade issues and economic cooperation with EU leaders. According to Ahrenkilde Hansen, investment and free trade deals with China are high on the agenda, as well as the situation in Ukraine and foreign & security relations. Before coming to Belgium, the President visited the Netherlands, France, Germany and participated in the third Nuclear Security Summit in the Hague.

