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18 October 2010

EU-CHINA Summit Brussels 2010 - A win win summit?

The EU-China Business Summit took place in Brussels in early October.

Five key business issues were raised:

1. Government Procurement

2. An EU-CHINA bilateral investment agreement

3. Rare Earth Mineral quotas

4. Climate Change

5. Trade Imbalances

For more information please visit the following site or download the Joint Business Declaration below:

Download Joint Decl EU-CH Bus Summit Oct 10

18 Oct 2010 08:28:10 | CBI Brussels, CBI China, China - Foreign policy, Climate Change, Environmental , EU-CHINA Relations, EUCCC, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Indigenous Innovation, IPR, Rare Earth Minerals, Trade Policy

06 October 2010

EU-CHINA Summit Brussels 06 Oct 2010

[Images courtesy of www.robertamsterdam.com & www.prophezine.com]

The annual EU-CHINA Summit meets today in Brussels.

In advance of the summit China Direct was interviewed by BBC World News's Asia Business Report.

Key items on the EU-China agenda will be:

A proposed bilateral investment agreement
Government Procurement agreement
Rare Earths Quotas (see previous China Direct references to this in Sept 2010)
Climate Change
EU-China Trade Imbalances
IPR (greater enforcement of IP in China)

The CBI's Brussels team will be attending the Summit and will report back on developments in greater detail later this week.

Thank you

6 Oct 2010 09:45:22 | Beijing City, British Business, CBI Brussels, CBI China, China - Domestic policy, China - Foreign policy, Climate Change, Economics, Environmental , EU-CHINA Relations, EUCCC, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Indigenous Innovation, IPR, Rare Earth Minerals, Trade Policy, UK-CHINA Relations

12 July 2010

China Direct to UK 15-29 July 2010

[Image courtesy of www.cbi.org.uk]

China Direct will be in the UK from 15-29 July visiting our London HQ, regional offices in Leeds, Nottingham and CBI Brussels.

CD will be discussing China's business environment and sharing the findings of the latest EUCCC Business Confidence Survey with members.

If you would like to meet up with China Direct or seek more China related information then please either contact: [email protected] or [email protected]

Thank you.

12 Jul 2010 07:46:43 | British Business, CBI Brussels, CBI China, China - Domestic policy, EU-CHINA Relations, EUCCC, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Indigenous Innovation, IPR

22 February 2010

'Business versus protectionism' - a global perspective

Here are the opinions of our Beijing, Brussels and Washington DC offices on this contentious issue.

The articles (500 words each) first appeared in the February 2010 Issue of our monthly publication Business Voice and are reproduced for your convenience.

Happy reading!

Download Protectionism BV Feb 2010

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22 Feb 2010 08:55:51 | British Business, CBI Brussels, CBI China, CBI Washington, EU-CHINA Relations, Trade Policy, UK-CHINA Relations, US-CHINA Relations

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