MUNSTER, Germany, June 7 (AFP) - The spiritual leader of Tibet, the Dalai Lama, came out Sunday against a trade boycott of China in the campaign to obtain greater freedom for his people.

Speaking in Muenster, western Germany, the Nobel peace laureate said that to demonise China in such an obvious way would be a mistake, as would be a simple policy of appeasment.

The aim for Tibetans was not outright independence but an autonomous status peacefully negotiated so as to respect Chinese interests, he said.