EU and China Discuss New Trade and Investment Platform
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- The EU and China are discussing the establishment of a new platform for trade and investment issues, aiming to streamline dialogue.
- China's Vice-Commerce Minister Ling Ji is expected to meet with the EU's Director General for Trade, Ditte Juul Jørgensen, in Brussels next week.
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The EU aims to streamline its dialogue with China from an estimated 60 working groups into a more manageable structure. Brussels is also preparing to adopt a stricter approach to Chinese economic practices.
EU sources said the sides sought to establish a new platform for discussing trade and investment issues, even as Brussels prepared to take a more hardline stance towards Chinese economic practices.
The EU has been keen to streamline dialogue with China from an estimated 60 working groups into something more manageable. On Saturday, China’s Ministry of Commerce confirmed that a “trade and investment consultation mechanism” was being discussed.
Ling Ji, China’s vice-commerce minister responsible for Europe, is expected next week in Brussels, where he is likely to meet Ditte Juul Jørgensen, the bloc’s new director general for trade.
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Ling Ji will meet Ditte Juul Jørgensen in Brussels.
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Preguntas abiertas
- What specific trade and investment issues will be discussed on the new platform?
- What will be the exact structure and scope of the new consultation mechanism?
- How will the EU's 'hardline stance' on Chinese economic practices affect these discussions?
- What are the potential outcomes of Ling Ji's meeting with Ditte Juul Jørgensen?
