China's foreign ministry stressed that cooperation between the United States and Europe should not be targeted by the PHOTO FOREIGN MINISTRY, CHINA BEIJING.
Mao Ning, a ministry spokesperson, said at the regular press briefing on Monday that she was asked to comment on accusations against China coming out of the fourth high-level meeting of the US-EU Dialogue on China earlier this month.
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She said that China firmly rejects the US and the EU's interference in China's internal affairs and smears against China.
While the US and the EU say they will focus on protecting the centrality of the UN Charter, it is the US and some European countries that have ignored principles in the UN Charter such as the peaceful settlement of international disputes and no interference in China's internal affairs and even waged wars against sovereign countries like Iraq and Syria in the name of human rights, according to the spokesperson.
If anyone wants to talk about economic coercion, the US has publicly coerced countries to stop using equipment made by Chinese companies and halting cooperation with China. She said the US has introduced the CHIPS and Science Act, engaged its allies in economic bullying against China and tried to decouple from China and cut China off supply chains.
The US Inflation Reduction Act forces European companies to relocate their production lines to America. Mao said that all of these examples are defining examples of economic coercion.
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She said that US-EU cooperation should not target any third party and should not attempt to make an issue of China or provoke a confrontation.
She said that the EU and the US need to demonstrate responsibility and do more things that are conducive to world stability and prosperity.