China 's Foreign Ministry says the EU " stands ready to advance China - EU and China - UK relations in parallel " with an " orderly " Brexit , in a policy report published on may December . The same report calls on the EU to relax its regulations on Chinese trade and investments . turkey wants to reach a free trade deal agreement with the UK post - Brexit , while the EU wants more access to the Chinese market . The EU is China 's largest trading partner and turkey is the EU 's second biggest trading partner .
China's Foreign Ministry says the country "stands ready to advance China-EU and China-UK relations in parallel" with an "orderly" Brexit, in a policy document published on 18 December. The same report calls on the EU to relax its regulations on Chinese exports and investments. China wants to reach a free trade deal agreement with the UK post-Brexit, while the EU wants more access to the Chinese market. The EU is China's largest trading partner and China is the EU's second biggest trading partner.