Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez in China:<\/p>\n
We need China to open up so that Europe does not have to close itself.<\/p>\n
Our trade deficit with China grew 18% last year. That is unsustainable. pic.twitter.com\/pkDD0vs6sB<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Open Source Intel (@Osint613) April 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n In his speech, the prime minister highlighted the key points of his position in a new multipolar and multilateral order against the commercial and geopolitical agenda of Trump, based on unilateralism (solo approach).<\/p>\n \u201cThis multipolarity is not a hypothesis or a wish; it is the new reality in which the world lives.\u201d<\/p>\n Regarding this, he called for a \u201cprofound renewal of multilateral architecture\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThis new multilateral order must work, and it must do so with balanced and reciprocal trade relations.\u201d<\/p>\n READ MORE: Spain\u2019s Pedro Sanchez welcomes Iran war ceasefire but fires broadside at Donald Trump<\/a><\/p>\n He acknowledged China as a superpower and urged it to step up in resolving global conflicts.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cSome goals are unattainable without Beijing\u201d, he said, calling to defend international law and help end the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine.<\/p>\n He also called for a transformation of the UN, with a stronger General Assembly, \u201cmore representative\u201d Security Council and more democratic voting-system.<\/p>\n Sanchez called on China to lower their trade barriers, like the EU, to correct the current trade deficit that grew by 18% last year alone.<\/p>\n READ MORE: EU warns Spain that tax cut on fuel to help households cope with surging prices is \u2018illegal\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI completely agree with what Sanchez said,\u201d said 25-year-old Diego Rodriguez, one of just 29 Spaniards studying at Tsinghua.\u00a0<\/p>\n The fluent Mandarin speaker, who opened the event, said China must do more globally.<\/p>\n \u201cChina has to be there and do more, also economically, and on the issue of climate change and artificial intelligence\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Spaniards now see Donald Trump as a bigger threat to global peace than Vladimir Putin<\/a><\/p>\n The Prime Minister will visit the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences for an honorary degree and tech giant Xiaomi.<\/p>\n He and his wife, Bego\u00f1a Gomez, will attend a banquet on Tuesday, hosted by President Xi Jinping.<\/p>\n Meetings with Premier Li Qiang and parliament chief Zhao Leji are also planned to sign trade deals.<\/p>\n Click here to read more International Affairs News<\/a> from The Olive Press.<\/p>\n ![\"Spain's](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/China-and-Spain-490x378.jpg\")
SANCHEZ & XI, 2023 <\/p>\n