Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof held "critical conversations" with visiting Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang, he said on Friday, including discussions on human rights and on semiconductor equipment supplier ASML.

China is not seeking a trade surplus and is willing to import more competitive and high-quality products and services to balance trade, Ding Xuexiang, the country's vice premier, said on Tuesday.

Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang warned on Tuesday that no country would emerge victorious from a trade war, in a speech to the World Economic Forum in

DAVOS, Switzerland -- Chinese Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang on Tuesday delivered a special address at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2025 in Davos, Switzerland. The following is the full text of the speech entitled "Keeping to the Right Path of Multilateralism and Promoting Open and Inclusive Development":

Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang warned of “no winners” in a trade war during a speech Tuesday during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Ding Xuexiang also tells Davos that Beijing isn’t pursuing a trade surplus and there are ‘no winners in a trade war’.

Ding Xuexiang told the World Economic Forum that a 'tug of war' was underway between supporters and opponents of economic globalization.

China's Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang said at a meeting with Dutch King Willem-Alexander in The Hague that China stands ready to increase mutual trust and that it would work together to maintain stability and smoothness of the global supply chain.

Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof in The Hague, the Netherlands, Jan. 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Shen Hong)

AMSTERDAM, Jan 24 - Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof held "critical conversations" with visiting Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang, he said on Friday, including discussions on human rights and on ...

Policy meeting led by Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang unveils China’s tech leadership team, with observer noting focus on military-civil fusion.

China's Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang met with Dutch King Willem-Alexander in The Hague to advocate for mutual trust and collaboration in stabilizing the global supply chain, despite recent Dutch export restrictions on semiconductor equipment imposed under U.