China and the EU are continuing intensive trade negotiations, Huanqiu reported. The two sides show differences on some issues while keeping a consultation channel open for mutual benefit.

Recent China-EU trade talks have ranged over electric vehicles, green products and critical raw materials, with structural issues like trade surpluses, tariffs and market access on the table.

Experts see talks between major economies as a long-term rule-setting process more than a short-term deal; with deep interdependence, incentives favor compromise over extreme conflict.

We do not carry only one side's position in trade-dispute coverage, relaying the talks' progress and both sides' arguments in balance.