China and the European Union should jointly press ahead with economic globalization and free and fair trade, Premier Li Keqiang said as he met with Federica Mogherini, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Li said China supports European integration and expects the EU to remain united, stable and prosperous. China and the EU held their seventh round of high level strategic dialogue in Beijing. State Councilor Yang Jiechi co-chaired the talks with Mogherini. The meeting laid the groundwork for the 19thEU-China Summit in Brussels this June. Mogherini said Xi’s speeches raised high expectations that China and the European Union can work together on multilateralism, rules-based global order and trade.State Councilor Yang Jiechi said the Chinese side continued to challenge the EU over its refusal to grant the nation market economy status, which Beijing argues is required under the terms of its accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001.