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China's Commerce Minister has urged the EU to maintain open markets for Chinese automakers and avoid protectionist measures. He stressed that Beijing is a partner in resolving economic challenges rather than a source of them.
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China Urges EU to Keep Auto Markets Open, Avoid Protectionism
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By Foster Wong
September 22, 2026 at 7:37 AM EDT
China’s Commerce Minister Wang Wentao called on the European Union to keep its markets open to Chinese automakers and avoid protectionism to ensure a “fair, open and non-discriminatory” environment.
“China is not the source of the EU’s economic and trade problems, but a partner in solving them,” Wang said in a statement from the ministry after his Monday meeting with German Association of the Automotive Industry President Hildegard Müller. “We don’t want to see the EU turn to protectionism, restrict or close its markets, leading to markets around the world shutting themselves off from one another.”