EU-China Relations: An Update for Business, Brussels, Belgium

BusinessEurope, the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China (EUCCC) and the EU-China Business Association (EUCBA) are pleased to invite you to a seminar on EU-China relations. The EU-China relationship is of significant importance to the European business community, with trade in goods and services totaling over 1 billion euros per day. China is now the EU’s second largest trading partner while the EU is China’s largest trading partner.

This seminar aims to provide a holistic overview of the state of EU-China relations for the European business community. Topics include a presentation on the general business environment in China for European companies; the outcomes of the EU-China Summit held in Beijing on 13 July; the EU’s new China strategy released in June; and the state of play on the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment.

Programme

13:30 – 14:00              Registration
14:00 – 14:15              Welcome by Markus J. Beyrer, Director General, BusinessEurope
14:15 – 14:40              Speech by Jörg Wuttke, President, European Union Chamber of Commerce
14:40 – 14:55              Speech by Rupert Schlegelmilch (tbc), Director Services and investment,
                                  Intellectual Property and Public Procurement, DG Trade, European
                                  Commission
14:55 – 15:10              Speech by Gunnar Wiegand, Managing Director for Asia, European
                                  External Action Service
15:00 – 15:50              Q & A
15:50 – 16:00              Closing remarks by Stefaan Vanhooren, Vice-Chairman, EU-China Business
                                  Association (EUCBA)

Registrations are closed.