Divides over trade and Ukraine are in focus as EU and China's leaders meet in Beijing
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In this photo released by Xinhua News, Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, stands for a group photograph with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, and European Council President Charles Michel prior to their meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. The leaders of China and the European Union were holding wide-ranging talks Thursday that included their disputes over trade and a deep divide on the war in Ukraine. (Huang Jingwen/Xinhua via AP)In this photo released by Xinhua News, Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, second right, talks to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, third left, and European Council President Charles Michel, fourth left, during their meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. The leaders of China and the European Union were holding wide-ranging talks Thursday that included their disputes over trade and a deep divide on the war in Ukraine. (Liu Bin/Xinhua via AP)FILE - Chinese President Xi Jinping sits next to other world leaders during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference in San Francisco, on Nov. 16, 2023. Xi met at a state guesthouse in Beijing with the two European presidents, Ursula von der Leyen from the EU Commission and Charles Michel from the EU Council on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)FILE - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen rings a bell to signify the start of a meeting of the College of Commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, on Nov. 15, 2023. Chinese President Xi Jinping met at a state guesthouse in Beijing with the two European presidents, Ursula von der Leyen from the EU Commission and Charles Michel from the EU Council on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)FILE - European Council President Charles Michel attends a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, unseen, and President of Moldova Maia Sandu, unseen, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Nov. 21, 2023. Chinese President Xi Jinping met at a state guesthouse in Beijing with the two European presidents, Ursula von der Leyen from the EU Commission and Charles Michel from the EU Council on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)
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In this photo released by Xinhua News, Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, stands for a group photograph with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, and European Council President Charles Michel prior to their meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. The leaders of China and the European Union were holding wide-ranging talks Thursday that included their disputes over trade and a deep divide on the war in Ukraine. (Huang Jingwen/Xinhua via AP)