German Economy Minister Peter 坐拍Altmaier said at the Asia-近拍Pacific Committee of German Busine刀要ss in Berlin that there is still信小 a lot of room for development and po睡慢tential in the relationship 化我between Germany and Eur師看ope and Asia, but the equalizat器現ion of market access is very important窗些. As a trading partner, China, which時站 has experienced a post-pandemic r費亮ecovery, has played a prominent role i就校n the economies of Germany an木下d Europe. However, there 要鐵is still room for negotiation and devel熱媽opment between Asian countrie好好s and the EU to reach an 工問agreement on the equalization of從東 market access.

Merkel made it clear tha商花t she sees great potentia道慢l in economic relatio到時ns with Asian countries and must唱火 improve the framework con唱鄉ditions in this area大現 and break down restrictio科子ns; this includes equal treatment朋信 and transparency, legal cer麗了tainty and intellectual property pro議道tection.

In mid-September, the EU demanded開微 far-reaching concessi木坐ons from China before con海到cluding negotiations on an inv信懂estment agreement. European Commissi這窗on President Ursula said after the E志離U held high-level ta靜友lks with Chinese President林亮 Xi Jinping that China still needs to 嗎飛do a lot of work on market場文 access and sustainable development內城 if a deal goes ahead as plan自化ned by the end of the year, altho雨妹ugh negotiations on a deal are already草了 underway more than six years.

Merkel said that especially u樂什nder the situation of the e舊還pidemic, it has proved how importan林低t international coope事術ration is and how urg話學ent it is to strengthen international c些窗ooperation. The German government is靜還 aware of the growing importance o村睡f the Asia-Pacific m線要arket on a global scale. German foreig知影n trade is opening up new prospec妹科ts, not just with Chi長事na.

Joe Kaeser, chairman of呢線 the Asia-Pacific Committee of 的銀German Enterprises and chairman o靜白f Siemens AG, said that the EU must fo輛化rmulate economic pol個雜icy interests more clearly and uni哥間formly in the face o書區f competition with China and the多木 United States.

Joe Kaeser said that the new economi湖子c data shows that China has quic費風kly entered an economic recovery, w務快hich is not only suppor媽友ted by the huge size相生 of the Chinese market, but als學自o due to the Chinese governme如金nt's epidemic prevention measures.嗎算

China's economy grew by 4.9 perce用月nt in the third quarter o樂近f this year compared with the same短木 period last year, accord場開ing to China's Beijing Bur影還eau of Statistics. In the first quarter服新 of this year, China's economy still e小技xperienced a negative growth of 都北6.8%, which shows the rapid developm頻放ent of China's econo事很my.

The Minister of Economy also said 市議that especially countries and reg家兵ions that continue t們對o fight against the new c慢答rown epidemic are also the f場房irst to get back on their feet and re黑女sume development economically. German麗科y and the EU must show老知 that social models and g友區overnment mechanisms th兒火at differ from capitalism can公鄉 still be effective against the cor錯吧onavirus.