The European Union and China must continue engaging on a number of issues despite differences, the bloc's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in a video call on Tuesday, according to an EUROPEAN UNION statement.

"The High Representative noted that while disagreements still persisted, the European Union and China needed to continue engaging intensively in a number of important areas," the European Union said, adding Borrell underscored the inclusive and cooperative character of Europe's Indo-Pacific strategy.

The European union is taking a softer stance on China, one of its most important trade partners, than the United States which has struck a new security deal (AUKUS) with Britain and Australia that is widely seen as designed to counter China's growing assertiveness in the Pacific.

But critics said the agreement undercut U.S. President Joe Biden's broader effort to rally allies such as France to that cause after Australia ditched a submarine deal with Paris to buy U.S. submarines, infuriating France.
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