5. Notes that the EU, after enlargement, overtook Japan to become China's largest trading partner and that, at the same time, China rose from being the EU's third trading partner to become its second largest, after the US;
5. fait observer que l'UE, à la suite de son élargissement, a dépassé le Japon et est devenue le principal partenaire commercial de la Chine, laquelle, simultanément, est devenue le deuxième partenaire commercial de l'UE après les États-Unis;