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China-EU summit opens, trade row lingering
"Both China and the EU have a shared interest in a deeper and broader partnership on the range of global challenges that face our peoples," he said in an interview with the Xinhua news agency. "We are now building upon three decades of successful cooperation. Our partnership should be about greater understanding and trust between the EU and China." Blair's spokesman said that on top of the usual trade-focused agenda, global political and security issues had been added in the wake of the terrorist bombings in London which left 56 people dead in July. Human rights issues would also be discussed. Aside from the summit, Blair will hold talks with China's top leaders on Tuesday before heading to India. Traveling with him are 40-odd top executives from such British and European companies as Airbus, BP, British American Tobacco, Deutsche Post, GlaxoSmithKline, Rolls Royce and Royal Dutch Shell. Also in Beijing are European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and EU
foreign policy chief Javier Solana.
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