On 17 June, members of the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade (INTA) adopted the draft opinion on the EU-China strategy by 38 votes to 0 with 3 abstentions. They expressed many concerns about China’s influence in world trade.
One of the main issues that overhangs this opinion is the China-EU investment agreement. For rapporteur Iuliu Winkler (EPP, Romania), who supports the agreement, the time has not yet come to ratify it. “As long as the Chinese sanctions...