A worker on a cherry picker hangs a European Union flag next to a Chinese national flag at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in Beijing May 16, 2011. — Reuters pic
Negotiations for the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment, which would grant European companies greater access to the Chinese market, have gone on for six years. His comments echoed that of the commerce ministry, which said late on Thursday that reaching an agreement required effort from both sides to “meet each other halfway”.