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Xi, Merkel agree to work on steel overcapacity
    2018-03-19  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed overcapacity in world steel markets and agreed Saturday to work on solutions within the framework of the G20 group of industrialized nations, Merkel’s spokesman said.

In a telephone discussion, the two leaders emphasized close ties between the two countries, both facing planned U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs, and agreed to deepen their strategic partnership, Steffen Seibert said in a statement.

They also underscored the importance of multilateral cooperation on global trade, a pointed response to an accelerating shift away from multilateral action and institutions by the United States under President Donald Trump.

Xinhua said Xi told Merkel that the two countries should “become advocates for new-type international relations” and become cooperation partners despite their ideological differences, with cooperation to be pushed forward within the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative.

“China-Germany relations will steadily proceed far as long as they adhere to equality and mutual respect, understand and care for each other’s core interests and major concerns, and properly control and handle their differences,” Xinhua said, attributing the comments to Xi.

U.S. officials have said they will seek to work with “like-minded” countries at the Group of 20 finance leaders’ meeting early next week in Argentina to push back against China’s state subsidies and investment policies.

The Merkel-Xi call came amid tensions between the United States, Europe and China over U.S. tariffs.

Merkel and Xi “discussed the problem of global overcapacities in the steel market and backed continued efforts to work toward solutions in the framework of the G20 Global Forum (on Steel Excess Capacity),” Seibert said, referring to a body initiated at the G20 summit in Hangzhou in 2016.

“In this regard, they emphasized the importance of close multilateral cooperation on trade,” he said.

Trump has criticized both Germany and China for their trade surpluses with the United States since taking office in 2017.

Merkel on Saturday said Germany’s trade surpluses were narrowing due to rising domestic demand.(SD-Agencies)

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