At the end of a 25th round of negotiations, the European Union received its second market offer from China this week, the European Commission announced on Thursday 19 December. The ambition of the parties is to conclude, in 2020, a global agreement on investment (see EUROPE B12355A14). The agreement should enable the EU to obtain better access to China’s investors and provide a level playing field for EU economic operators.
Since 2019, the EU wants to be firmer in the face of the...