The EU’s foreign affairs council – FAC – meeting today has endorsed a new China strategy devised jointly by the European External Action Service and the Commission. Among others, the strategy endorses the idea of a future free trade agreement with China – provided current investment agreement negotiations are …
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In brief: China market economy status post EU China summit
EU members continue to be deeply divided over the issue of granting China market economy treatment in antidumping. “The situation in the Council is complicated”, Peter Žiga, Minister of Economy of Slovakia, told MEPs this morning, referring to the China file. “The issue of granting China market economy status is of …
Commissioner Malmström sidesteps tricky files in first Beijing speech
No talk of China market economy treatment, or an investment agreement, let alone an FTA with China in Malmström’s inaugural speech in Beijing.
18th EU China Summit – avoiding the difficult topics
EU leaders are preparing for the annual EU China summit, to be held in Beijing on 12th and 13th July. Trade Commissioner Malmström will be in the delegation travelling there. Few concrete steps are expected at the event on trade policy. However, the issue of the EU recognising China as …
Brexit could tilt political power balance in TDI reform and China MES – experts
The UK will likely stay out of major decisions in trade policy before it even formally leaves the EU. This will affect major files including the hot China market economy status issue. The UK is still a member of the EU and will formally have the right to participate …
Commission and EEAS launch new China strategy – emphasis on trade, investment and One China policy
Is Federica Mogherini taking the lead on China policy in the EU’s executive? There are signs this is so. The EEAS and the Commission have issued a joint communication on “Elements for a new EU strategy on China”. China was largely absent from the Commission’s November 2015 Trade For All …
EU importers call for free trade deal with China
In a move that goes against the current political climate in the EU vis-à-vis China, the EU’s top association of retailers is calling for a free trade agreement with China.
BIG READ – PART 3 – China MES, the steel crisis, and the EU
Continued from Part 2.
BIG READ – PART 2 – China MES, the steel crisis, and the EU
Continued from Part 1. Crisis-stricken steel sector in lead against China MES
BIG READ – PART 1: China MES, the steel crisis, and the EU
The current European and global debate over whether WTO members should treat China as a market economy in their domestic trade defence laws is also a battle over the future business model of a crisis stricken steel industry, and over the integrity of the global trading system. The unfolding saga, viewed …
