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On 30 December 2020, the EU and China concluded in principle the negotiations on the Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI). The agreement grants EU investors a greater level of access to China’s market.
In the agreement, China has committed to ensure fairer treatment for EU companies, allowing them to compete on a more level playing field in China. These commitments cover state-owned enterprises, transparency of subsidies, and rules against forced technology transfer.
China also agreed to provisions on sustainable development, including commitments on climate and forced labour.
Both sides agreed to continue the negotiations on investment protection and investment dispute settlement, to be completed within two years of the signature of the agreement.
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The EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment in a nutshell
Latest news
Today the Commission imposed anti-dumping duties of 13%-62% on imports of tinplate from China. The measures seek to protect the EU’s tinplate industry, which directly employs almost 5,000 people in five Member States, from being harmed by unfair trading practices.
Today, the European Commission launched an investigation to assess whether anti-dumping measures are warranted on imports of tyres for passenger cars and light lorries from China.
On Friday, the European Commission imposed definitive countervailing duties on imports of mobile access equipment (MAE) from China. The measures aim to shield the EU MAE industry, which employs over 3,000 people across several Member States, from unfair trading practices.