Trade is one of the few areas where Brussels sets policy for the EU’s 27 member states, and the soft-spoken Latvian’s term has been synonymous with a more pugnacious EU stance towards China, as geopolitical tensions have flared. European Union trade chief Valdis Dombrovskis touches down in China on Friday on a mission to debunk and defuse.The trip to the Chinese capital is one of a series by EU officials. A swirling row over electric vehicles and Chinese anxiety over the EU’s de-risking plans are high on the agenda of a four-day tour of Beijing, Shanghai and Suzhou that will mark Dombrovskis’ first trip to China in three years as head of arguably the most powerful branch of the European Commission.

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