China-EU Relations
Total 106 Posts
At WTO Meeting, China Raises Concerns over Sweden's 5G Construction
At the March 31 and April 1 meeting of the WTO's Council for Trade in Goods, for
which minutes have just recently been circulated by the WTO
[https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/G/C/M139.pdf&Open=True]
, China raised an
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 Implements New Export Control Rules, Targeting Human Rights Protection
A new set of EU export control rules went into force on September 9, 2021. The
new rules apply to dual-use items, which are goods and technology that can be
used for both military and civilian purposes. These rules will apply generally,
but are likely to have a big impact
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,
China Calls EU’s Carbon Border Tax Proposal WTO-Inconsistent
The European Commission recently proposed a package of legislative measures to
reduce the EU's carbon emissions by at least 55% by 2030, including a Carbon
Border Adjustment Mechanism
[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/default/files/carbon_border_adjustment_mechanism_0.pdf]
(CBAM). This proposal has drawn criticism
Conflicting Reports Indicate an Uncertain Future for the CAI
Chinese officials have been in communication with their EU counterparts recently
on a variety of issues. In the reports from China and from the EU, the substance
of these meetings differs, especially in relation to the China-EU Comprehensive
Agreement on Investment (CAI), indicating different priorities of the two sides
and
Swedish Court Upholds Government Decision to Ban Huawei in 5G Networks
On June 22, the Administrative Court of Sweden issued a ruling that upheld a
government ban on using Chinese tech company Huawei’s equipment in the country’s
5G network.
In the ruling
[https://www.domstol.se/en/nyheter/2021/06/forbudet-mot-produkter-fran-huawei-i-svenska-5g-nat-star-fast/]
, the Administrative Court made it clear that it
