Press Releases

2021-05-28 > All chapters

European Chamber Stance on the European Parliament Freezing of the CAI Ratification Process

On 20th May 2021, the European Parliament voted to freeze any considerations on the ratification of the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI). The text was approved by 599 votes in favour, with 30 against and 58 abstentions.

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2021-02-10 > All chapters

European Chamber Stance on COVID-19 Vaccine

European businesses require greater transparency regarding the inclusion of their staff in China’s COVID-19 vaccination implementation programme, as well as if and how vaccinations will impact international travel.

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2021-01-19 > All chapters

Important Clarification on European Chamber's Decoupling Report

Members of the European Chamber have reported seeing several widely-shared articles that originated on Chinese social media, which cite the Chamber’s report before drawing sensational and inaccurate conclusions of their own.

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2021-01-14 > All chapters

European Chamber Calls on Governments to Reverse Deglobalisation 中国欧盟商会发布研究报告,呼吁重回全球经济一体化

The European Chamber, in partnership with MERICS, today released a major report, Decoupling: Severed Ties and Patchwork Globalisation, which measures the costs of decoupling for businesses operating in China.

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2018-12-03 > All chapters

European Chamber's Stance on US-China Agreement Made in Buenos Aires

President Trump and President Xi met on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Buenos Ares to discuss the US-China trade conflict. As a result of the meeting, an agreement was made to delay any further escalation of the conflict for at least 90 days.

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2018-09-18 > All chapters

European Chamber report provides recommendations to accelerate China’s development and quash global trade conflict

The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China (European Chamber) today released its European Business in China – Position Paper 2018/2019 (Position Paper), which raises concerns about the widening gap between China’s rapidly maturing economy.

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2018-09-13 > All chapters

European Chamber survey and analysis on US-China tariff effects

Respectively, 53.9 and 42.9 per cent of respondents viewed the American and Chinese tariffs negatively, which is more than ten times the number that viewed them positively.

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2018-08-24 > All chapters

The European Chamber’s Statement on US-China Trade Conflict and Potential Escalation of Tariffs

The European Chamber shares many of the United States’ concerns over certain practices by the Chinese Government but is highly concerned about the prospects of further escalation of the current tit-for-tat exchange of tariffs.

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2018-07-16 > All chapters

European Chamber takes key role in EU-China Business Roundtable to raise concerns with political leadership

During today’s EU-China Business Roundtable, European Chamber President Mats Harborn led a small delegation of members in a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.

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