EU and China Trade Talks Amid €360 Billion Trade Gap
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Europe and China are talking about trade.
China sells much more to Europe than it buys. The gap is 360 billion euros.
People call China the dragon because it is big and strong in trade.
China is making the problem bigger. This is happening before a big visit.
An important EU person will visit Beijing soon. This person works on trade for Europe.
There is also an investigation into China. An investigation means people check facts carefully.
This investigation may make the problem between Europe and China worse.
France and Germany want to help. They have an idea to stop unfair trade.
Unfair trade means one side does not follow good rules.
Europe wants trade with China to be more fair for everyone.
Vocabulary15 words
- trade
- buying and selling things between countries
- dragon
- a strong animal from stories; here it means China
- investigation
- checking facts carefully to learn the truth
- unfair
- not right or not equal
- surplus
- extra money or goods left over
- official
- a person who has an important job in government
- initiative
- a new plan to solve a problem
- escalate
- to make a problem bigger
- dispute
- a disagreement between two sides
- commissioner
- an important EU leader
- billion
- a thousand million
- euro
- the money used in many parts of Europe
- visit
- to go and see a place or person
- practice
- a way of doing something
- tension
- a feeling of trouble between two sides
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1. 360 billion euros 2. China is making trade problems bigger 3. France and Germany
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Europe and China are talking about _____.
China sells much more to Europe than it _____.
The gap is 360 billion _____.
China is making the problem _____.
An important EU person will visit _____ soon.
There is also an _____ into China.
This may make the problem between Europe and China _____.
France and _____ want to help.
They have an idea to stop _____ trade.
Europe wants trade with China to be more _____ for everyone.
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