China points finger at Aukus as it rallies support to join CPTPP

Name: Nato says China presents ‘systemic challenges’
Uploaded: 2021-09-30T08:09:25.000Z
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Foreign Minister Wang Yi tells Mexican counterpart Marcelo Ebrard that China wants to play positive role in promoting trade liberalisation

Wang separately tells Malaysia and Brunei that the Aukus alliance endangers the stability of Southeast Asia

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Amber Wangin Beijing

Published: 4:09pm, 30 Sep 2021Updated: 11:22pm, 30 Sep 2021

China has lobbied Mexico about its bid to join an Asia-Pacific trade deal while continuing to lash out against new security alliance Aukus.

In talks with his Mexican counterpart Marcelo Ebrard on Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Beijing’s bid to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) – of which Mexicois a member – showed its resolve to expand China’s opening up and its desire to help advance globalisation.

“China is ready to work with all parties to make the CPTPP more representative and play a positive role in promoting trade and investment liberalisation,” the Chinese foreign ministry quoted Wang as saying.

According to the ministry, Ebrard said Mexico welcomed China’s application to join and was ready to communicate with China on the matter.

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Nato says China presents ‘systemic challenges’

The Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday that it had looked into the reforms and regulations that could be needed for membership and would exceed those market requirements to win over members.