German Economy Minist木我er Peter Altmaier said at the Asia-Pac就裡ific Committee of German Business in Be習藍rlin that there 拍資is still a lot of room fo新開r development and potential in the rela錢業tionship between Germany and Europe 購遠and Asia, but the equalization of m關林arket access is very import裡可ant. As a trading partne好訊r, China, which has experienc了音ed a post-pandemic recovery, has played資章 a prominent ro如請le in the economies of Germany and近多 Europe. However些科, there is still room for ne購黑gotiation and develo我銀pment between As一山ian countries and the E票黑U to reach an agreement on the e朋照qualization of market access.

Merkel made it clear that腦店 she sees great potential in economic去煙 relations with Asian countr白鐘ies and must improve the framewo在音rk conditions in this喝冷 area and break down restrictions; thi草服s includes equal treatment and transp要明arency, legal c明朋ertainty and intellectual propert劇冷y protection.

In mid-September, the EU demanded far-師兒reaching conces事舊sions from China before concludi海開ng negotiations on an i裡匠nvestment agreement. 遠書European Commiss玩員ion President Ursula said after 厭還the EU held high-level talk為在s with Chinese President X筆森i Jinping that China still needs to do 去信a lot of work on market access and裡現 sustainable development if a d在是eal goes ahead as pla遠但nned by the end o弟謝f the year, although ne朋他gotiations on a deal are al我唱ready underway more上農 than six years.

Merkel said that es林年pecially under th好冷e situation of the epide務黑mic, it has proved how 拍理important inter票樂national cooper愛費ation is and how ur笑樂gent it is to strength裡煙en international cooperation. The G購兵erman government is aware of the 女飛growing importa花問nce of the Asia-Pacific market o中影n a global scale. German forei舞木gn trade is opening up new 們弟prospects, not jus都的t with China.

Joe Kaeser, chairman of the Asi吃雪a-Pacific Committee of German通書 Enterprises and chair但白man of Siemens AG, sai跳報d that the EU must formulate e匠個conomic policy interests more clearly他河 and uniformly in the 算人face of competition with C如還hina and the United St間家ates.

Joe Kaeser said that the new econ通吃omic data shows that China村站 has quickly entered an eco姐女nomic recovery, which is 答山not only supported醫他 by the huge size of the Chinese marke門到t, but also due to the Chinese gover遠習nment's epidemic prevention 也亮measures.

China's economy gre慢日w by 4.9 percent in t快件he third quarter of this year國文 compared with 事秒the same period last year, accor樂微ding to China's Beiji動體ng Bureau of Statistics. 村聽In the first quarter of員分 this year, China's economy still 工放experienced a negative growth 村謝of 6.8%, which sho什內ws the rapid developme道吧nt of China's economy些對.

The Minister of Economy 低通also said that especially cou坐小ntries and regions th房不at continue to fight against the都煙 new crown epide事讀mic are also the first to來內 get back on their feet and resume 都場development economically. Germany an站到d the EU must show that social models a志人nd government mechanisms that di土子ffer from capitalism can still 年訊be effective agai錯年nst the coronavirus.