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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12638

19 January 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 31
EXTERNAL ACTION / China
MEPs divided over bilateral investment agreement with Beijing 
Brussels, 18/01/2021 (Agence Europe)

The French Presidency defended the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment, on Monday 18 January, despite criticism from both sides of the Union. Paris assured that China’s human rights commitments would be “very scrupulously verified”.

China has committed itself to ratifying the core conventions of the International Labour Organization (ILO), particularly on forced labour(see EUROPE B12628A7), but there are many voices expressing a contrary view. MEP Bernard Guetta (Renew...

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