Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi touches down in Ireland

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is in Dublin to meet with Irish counterpart Simon Harris and prime minister Micheal Martin. Functioning as many Chinese companies’ European HQ, Ireland is one of the only European countries to have a trade surplus with China, of almost $13bn in 2024.   #china #ireland #EU

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00:00I'm here in front of the Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland where Chinese Foreign Minister

00:04Wang Yi is expected to meet Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin and his counterpart Simon Harries

00:09on Monday. Bilateral relations will be front and centre. Talks are expected to cover a range of

00:14topics from trade and investment to global security. China is Ireland's largest trading

00:19partner in Asia. Ireland is one of the few European countries that has a trade surplus

00:24with China. For China, Ireland being part of the EU is considered a gateway to Europe

00:30and in recent years Chinese investment in Ireland has surged. Tech giants like Huawei,

00:35TikTok, Xiying and Timu have European headquarters in the country, attracted by its lower corporate

00:41tax rates and skilled workforce. But Ireland and other EU countries voted to impose additional

00:47tariffs on Chinese-made EVs last year, a move that Beijing strongly opposes. For Ireland,

00:53the challenge is how to navigate its relationship with China without straining its EU commitments.

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