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European Parliament, Commission Discuss Prospects for Taiwan BIT
In response to a question from a member of the European Parliament, the European Trade Commissioner appeared to minimize the need for a Taiwan-EU bilateral investment agreement.
European Parliament Holds Hearing on Assessing the Risks and Policy Responses to FDI, Including Chinese Investments
On Tuesday, Agatha Kratz of the Rhodium Group spoke at a European Parliament hearing and gave a general overview of Chinese foreign investment trends in Europe, as well as related Chinese policies that have affected the trends, and European investment policy tools that could come into play here.
European Parliament, Commission Discuss Anti-Coercion Instrument, with Focus on Chinese Actions
In a meeting of the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade yesterday, Denis Redonnet, Chief Trade Enforcement Officer for the European Commission, testified on issues related to the proposed "Anti-Coercion Instrument" under development by the European Commission. In this regard, during the meeting, various Chinese government
European Parliament, Commission Discuss Approaches to Forced Labor
At a meeting of the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade today, Sabine Weyand, the Director-General at DG Trade of the European Commission, testified on issues related to the European approach to forced labor, with products from the Xinjiang region clearly in the background of the discussion.
French Trade Minister Testifies to European Parliament, Talks about China Trade Issues
French Trade Minister Franck Riester testified today before the European Parliament's International Trade Committee on the priorities of the French Presidency of the EU Council in the area of international trade policy, and in that context a number of issues related to China trade were raised.
European Parliament Sets Out Its Vision for an EU-China Strategy
On September 16, the European Parliament adopted a report that it characterized
as
[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20210910IPR11917/parliament-sets-out-its-vision-for-a-new-eu-strategy-on-china]
setting out "its vision for a new EU strategy on China." The report is
wide-ranging, dealing with issues such as human rights, freedom of the
EU Parliamentary Committee Calls for Bilateral Investment Agreement with Taiwan
The European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee has called for a bilateral
investment agreement between the EU and Taiwan, although the prospects for
concluding such an agreement any time soon may be limited.
In a press release
[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20210827IPR10703/eu-taiwan-relations-meps-push-for-stronger-partnership]
issued yesterday,