{"id":150217,"date":"2026-04-23T11:12:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T11:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=150217"},"modified":"2026-04-23T11:12:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T11:12:42","slug":"chinas-russia-ties-mean-eu-trade-deal-is-off-the-table-finland-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=150217","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s Russia ties mean EU trade deal is off the table, Finland says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina\u2019s close ties with Russia should be a \u201cdisqualifying factor\u201d in Beijing\u2019s bid to launch talks on a free-trade agreement with the European Union, Finland\u2019s foreign minister has said.<br \/>\nIn meetings with European leaders, Beijing has been floating the prospect of a trade or investment deal, while German Chancellor Friedrich Merz last month said a pact could be possible in the future.<br \/>\nIn an exclusive interview in Helsinki on Wednesday, however, Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen poured cold water on&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3351183\/chinas-russia-ties-mean-eu-trade-deal-table-finland-says?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina\u2019s close ties with Russia should be a \u201cdisqualifying factor\u201d in Beijing\u2019s bid to launch talks on a free-trade agreement with the European Union,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150217"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=150217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=150217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=150217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=150217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}