At a European Parliament hearing yesterday, the draft report of the rapporteur, Jan Zahradil, on the European Union's "Indo-Pacific strategy in the area of trade and investment" was discussed by members of the Parliament's international trade committee. The report covered a number of issues,

At a European Parliament hearing on the proposed Anti-Coercion Instrument yesterday, members asked several expert witnesses questions about its operation, and one topic covered was how it would be applied to China, with law professor Henry Gao offering his views on this topic.

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.

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.

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

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 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.