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European Union officials are confused by China’s failure to commit to a date for trade and economic talks, one of the few deliverables from their “disastrous” summit on April 1 , according to sources in Brussels. Both parties agreed to maintain the talks, held every two years, during the summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang and EU institution leaders Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel. “Leaders mandated the High-level Trade and Economic Dialogue to find concrete ways to progress on these issues before the summer,” the EU said in a statement after the summit. But almost...
