[China] - 'Pessimistic': Ukraine war, trade expected to mar progress at China-EU summit

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
European Union envoys to China say they have low expectations of any substantial achievement at the coming EU-China summit, citing complex
trade challenges and the ongoing Ukraine war. “I am sorry to be pessimistic – the next EU-China summit will be a wonderful summit with
wonderful statements of principles, but I doubt that we will get some strategic incremental progress,” Italy’s ambassador to China,
Massimo Ambrosetti, said at the World Peace Forum in Beijing on Friday. European Commission...