Germany and China hold high-level talks amid tensions over trade and Ukraine

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is holding talks with Chinese Premier Li Qiang, who is on his first foreign trip since taking office (Markus Schreiber/AP)

Trade, climate change and the war in Ukraine are on the agenda as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz holds talks with Chinese Premier Li Qiang, who is on his first foreign trip since taking office.

Tuesday’s meeting in Berlin is the seventh time Germany and China have held high-level government consultations and comes a day after Chinese President Xi Jinping met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, indicating an effort by Beijing to reach out to the West and improve frosty relations.