00:00Janusz Wojcikowski is former European Commissioner for Agriculture and Food.
00:05The relations between the European Union and China, they are very important in a global way.
00:10First of all, there is a trade.
00:14European Union and China, they are very big trade partners,
00:17including the area which is very sensitive for me, the area of agriculture,
00:23the food production, food trade.
00:26And good relations and dialogue between the European Union and China is very important.
00:31I'm happy that Minister Bank is visiting Brussels
00:34and that dialogue between the European Union and China is continued.
00:40As a new commissioner, I visited China with a promotion mission
00:45of agriculture sector with agriculture sector representatives.
00:51And this is very important to continue this dialogue
00:55and this strengthening of the trade relations between the European Union and China.
01:00Wang Wentao has held talks with Mara Seskovic
01:04and both have described the talks as constructive.
01:08I mean, does this signal a genuine willingness to reset this relationship
01:13or is it largely diplomatic?
01:16No, I think this is not only the diplomatic, this is the real reason for this talks,
01:23this dialogue from the European Union position.
01:27First of all, we should see for the statistics.
01:31The European Union has huge trade deficit with China.
01:37And last year, 2025, it was $360 billion.
01:45And, of course, the European Union must react on this situation.
01:50And we need, shortly speaking, we need more balanced trade relations
01:55between the European Union and China.
01:58Fortunately, fortunately, for the European Union, in the agriculture,
02:03we don't have deficit.
02:05There's a small surplus for the European Union.
02:09But, generally, the reason of the tensions between the European Union and China
02:14is this problem of huge trade deficit, deficit for the European Union.
02:20So, let's look at the European Union.
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