China urges Germany to provide a fair, just and non-discriminatory business environment for foreign companies including Chinese firms, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Thursday, in commenting on Germany's decision to block a gas turbine transaction between Volkswagen and a Chinese company.
On Wednesday, the German government blocked the sales of gas turbines by a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group to a Chinese company under the pretext of national security.
"China and Germany are important trade partners to each other, and the two countries should logically strengthen economic and trade cooperation based on common interests and market rules and in the spirit of mutual benefit and win-win outcome. The Chinese side is opposed to politicizing normal business cooperation, over-stretching the concept of security, and erecting man-made barriers for such cooperation," said Mao Ning, the spokeswoman, at a press conference in Beijing.
"We hope that Germany will provide a fair, just and non-discriminatory business environment for foreign companies including Chinese firms," she said.
Germany urged to provide fair, non-discriminatory business environment for foreign firms: spokeswoman
Germany urged to provide fair, non-discriminatory business environment for foreign firms: spokeswoman
