PARIS—Europe’s top leaders told Chinese leader Xi Jinping on March 26 they wanted a fairer trading relationship with China, signaling an openness to engage with Beijing’s “One Belt, One Road” infrastructure project if it meant more access to the Chinese market.
The Europe Union, the world’s largest trading zone, has become increasingly frustrated by what it sees as the slow pace of economic opening in China, even after years of granting China almost unfettered access to EU markets for trade and investment.
