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Top diplomats call on China to ease coronavirus travel curbs

  • Swiss ambassador raises concerns at Beijing forum over Chinese visas for students and expatriates
  • Brazil’s envoy presses the need for multilateralism on trade rules

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The international community has raised concerns over severe supply chain and trade disruptions brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: DPA
Top diplomatic envoys have called on Beijing to ease travel restrictions and increase transparency as countries assess China’s post-pandemic role in global trade reforms.
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The calls were delivered at a Beijing forum on Friday amid international concerns over severe supply chain and trade disruptions brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

China, which has adopted strict border controls, has been facing calls from its counterparts to open up the country further, despite Beijing’s repeated assurances that it would do so.

Embassies in Beijing have also voiced concerns about the hundreds of thousands of foreign students who have not been allowed to return to China because they cannot get visas.

Swiss ambassador to Beijing Bernardino Regazzoni said travel restrictions applied by China were a source of concern.

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