Sino-EU Ties Could Be Strengthened by Food Trade, Europe’s Agriculture Chief Says

China and the EU could strengthen their ties by boosting food trade, the bloc’s agriculture chief told Caixin, as a dispute over subsidies for Chinese exports such as electric vehicles (EVs) has exacerbated tensions between the two.

European Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski acknowledged in an interview Tuesday in Shanghai that “there are some problems in the relations between the European Union and China,” but said that “food trade should be excluded.”