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"The global economic development was one of the central issues.
Free and fair trade between open markets is of utmost importance
in this phase of major challenges," Blume said in a written
statement.
The European Union and China are in tense negotiations over
tariffs proposed by the European Commission on China-made EVs,
with China opening up tit-for-tat investigations into other
goods while also urging the EU to drop its measures.
Germany's car industry, including Volkswagen, has vocally
opposed the tariffs, fearing retaliation in one of their biggest
markets. China welcomed VW to deepen its foothold in China,
according to the ministry statement.
The two sides also spoke about framework conditions for
technologies like autonomous driving and artificial
intelligence, the statements said.
Germany and China last month signed a declaration of intent on
how to discuss cross-border data transfers with the view of
enabling carmakers to transfer data to Germany, a contentious
issue because of security concerns in Europe and restrictions on
foreign firms in China.
(Reporting by Victoria Waldersee and Beijing newsroom, editing
by Thomas Seythal)
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