This week, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and Antonio Costa, President of the European Council were in Beijing to talk trade with China's President Xi and Premier Li Qiang.

After they met, President Xi called on EU officials to "properly handle differences and frictions" when it comes to trade, saying Europe's current challenges "do not come from China". 

So where does that leave relations between the two?

To find out, on this edition of The Agenda Juliet Mann is joined by Karl Falkenberg, Senior Advisor at Shearwater Global and former Deputy Director-General for Trade at the European Commission, Xiankun Lu, former senior Chinese trade diplomat, and now Managing Director of LEDECO Geneva and Bernardo Mendia, Secretary General at the Portugal-China Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

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