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"Mr President, I would like to thank Ms de Sarnez for an interesting report. Firstly, I would like to say that China is the world’s largest exporter of goods, the European Union’s second biggest trading partner and one of the most powerful economies in the world. It is also a country with a huge population. This all goes to show that in view of the problems brought on by the crisis, the EU must, if I may put it this way, reassess EU-China relations. Secondly, the Chinese make use of a number of measures, such as subsidies, price, monetary and social dumping, undervaluation of the yuan and tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade. This therefore requires a reaction: attention should also be given to this very important matter, so that bilateral EU-China trade can be conducted under equal conditions.
Thirdly, the Union must be more active in its efforts to make the Chinese market more open to European businesses, in order to change the unfavourable imbalance and make the Chinese market a more friendly environment, particularly to European investment. Fourthly, there is an urgent need to eliminate all situations which involve violations of human rights in Chinese firms. Fifthly, it is also necessary to raise the question of corporate social responsibility as it applies to European businesses and their relations with China so that they put this idea into practice, because European firms which use facilities in the People’s Republic of China should apply EU standards of work and respect for human rights."@en1
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