According to the important consensus reached by the leaders, China and the EU have made plans for the next negotiation agenda, and the 32nd round of China EU investment agreement negotiations will be held next week, said Gao Feng, a spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce.
On September 17, the Ministry of Commerce held a regular press conference. At the meeting, a reporter asked about the negotiation process of the China EU investment agreement and what problems remained to be discussed? Can we ensure the completion of the negotiation within the year?
In response, the summit said that in the video meeting between the leaders of China, Germany and Europe held on September 14, the leaders once again confirmed to speed up the negotiation process of the China EU investment agreement and achieve the goal of completing the negotiations within the year. This shows that China and the EU attach great importance to the negotiation of the investment agreement, and have firm confidence in reaching a high-level agreement as soon as possible.
Summit pointed out that since this year, China and the EU have overcome the impact of the epidemic and accelerated the pace of negotiations. Six rounds of formal negotiations have been held, and positive progress has been made in the text and list negotiations. At the Eighth China EU high level economic and Trade Dialogue held before the meeting, the two sides confirmed the significant progress made on the issue of fair competition. This also means that the overall negotiation process has taken a big step forward.
"In the next step, the two sides will continue to maintain the good momentum of negotiations, focus on the remaining text issues and market access issues, actively and pragmatically explore solutions, so that the agreement can benefit enterprises and investors of both sides at an early date." Peak.