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Procurement: EU Committee adopts draft
The European Union is making progress in new guidelines for the European market that intends to encourage China to open up in the field of public procurement. The draft of the so-called “International Procurement Instrument” (IPI) was adopted on Tuesday by the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade. MEPs thus approved two types of IPI […] continue reading →
EU wants access to public contracts
The European Union wants to encourage China to open up public procurement by setting new standards for the European market. Reciprocity and a level playing field must be achieved, several MEPs stressed on Wednesday during the presentation of the report on the “International Procurement Instrument” (IPI) in the Committee on International Trade. While the “door […] continue reading →
Public procurement: EU Parliament debates draft
The European Union wants to block China from public contracts with new regulations and is now pushing ahead with the corresponding instrument for international procurement. In the course of the coming week, the corresponding draft report is to be discussed in the responsible trade committee of the EU Parliament, as the European Parliament announced in […] continue reading →
Summit and Toolbox: What happens after the EU summer break?
The August summer break for staff in Brussels reaches its halfway point this week. In just over two weeks' time, the political business will resume in the EU's center of power. The remaining four months of the year still have their work cut out for them when it comes to China policy. The EU still has a number of open issues on its agenda, the CAI and sanctions being just two of them. A look at the to-do list and events after the summer break. continue reading →