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27-09-2024

Speech by Chargé d’affaires Zhu Jing at the 2024 National Day Reception

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Chargé d’affaires Zhu Jing speaks at the 2024 National Day Reception in Brussels.

Central Asia 06-07-2018

Kazakhstan is the buckle of the Belt and Road initiative

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a development strategy proposed by the Chinese government which focuses on connectivity and cooperation between Eurasian countries. BRI largely replicates the Silk Road, a common historical heritage of China, Kazakhstan and all countries along its path.

Energy efficiency is Taiwan’s answer to COP21 challenge

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SPECIAL REPORT/ Energy efficiency has been identified as a central economic and environmental policy response to a series of challenges faced by Taiwan, including higher fossil fuel prices as a result of this week’s UN Climate Change Conference.

Development 09-12-2015

Pacific islands demand easier access to climate finance

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SPECIAL REPORT / "The waves will not wait for the funding to be allocated before flooding our islands," the small islands of the Pacific have warned. But climate finance is often beyond their reach. EURACTIV France reports

Climate change 08-12-2015

Future carbon market: The Far East

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SPECIAL REPORT / While the price of carbon remains low, support for pricing schemes is growing. Asia will soon overtake Europe as the home of the world’s biggest carbon markets. EURACTIV France reports

Trade & Society 10-11-2015

EU ministers pledge concrete action for embattled steel sector

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European Union ministers agreed a list of "concrete actions" to deal with the crisis facing the steel sector - but failed to agree on urgent measures that steelmakers are demanding to stem a flood of cheap imports from China which caused 5,000 job looses in the sector over the past three months.

Brexit 09-11-2015

UK steelmakers call for immediate EU action on Chinese imports

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UK steelmakers called for Britain's Business Minister Sajid Javid to insist on immediate action against Chinese steel 'dumping' when he meets European Union economy and industry ministers in Brussels on Monday (9 November).

Global Europe 09-11-2015

EU hails ‘encouraging’ rapprochement between China and Taiwan

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The EU has welcomed the first meeting in 70 years between the leaders of China and Taiwan.

Global Europe 06-11-2015

Mogherini warns against intimidation in South China Sea spat

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The EU urged all parties on Friday (6 November) to settle peacefully territorial disputes in the South China Sea, where Washington has challenged Beijing's efforts to bolster its claims through an island-building programme.

Trade & Society 14-10-2015

Commission plays ‘pivot to Asia’ trade card

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European Commissioner Cecilia Malmström will today (14 October) present the new forward-looking trade and investment strategy - turning its focus to Asia, EURACTIV has learned.

Agrifood 01-10-2015

Commission pressures Thailand over illegal fishing

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The European Commission issued yellow cards to Comoros and Taiwan on Thursday (1 October) , as they risk being identified as uncooperative in the fight against illegal fishing.

Trade & Society 18-09-2015

Manufacturers warn against dropping guard on China

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The European Union could lose up to 3.5 million jobs if it removes its trade defences against China, according to a study for a group of 25 European manufacturing federations published on Friday (18 September).

Trade & Society 08-09-2015

EU businesses warn China over ‘slow’ reforms

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The main European business lobby in China warned on Tuesday (8 September) that "slow" implementation of market reforms risks plunging the country into stagnation, as concerns mount about slowing growth in the world's second-largest economy.

Trade & Society 30-06-2015

China: Greece is our problem, too

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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday (29 June) that the Greek crisis was of great concern for Beijing, as it had consequences for the world’s financial stability.

Li Keqiang
Global Europe 29-06-2015

EU ‘slipping down’ China’s clean tech agenda

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As the EU-China summit opens in Brussels today (29 June), new research points to a “delivery gap” on clean energy, which is making the EU level less relevant to Beijing than individual member states, or the US.

Competition 01-06-2015

EU reopens China solar dumping probe

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EU regulators opened a probe into the solar power panel industry in China, the European Commission said on Friday (29 May), in response to accusations that Chinese companies were dodging import duties by exporting via Taiwan and Malaysia.

Competition 26-03-2015

EU slaps anti-dumping duties on China, Taiwan steel

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The EU announced that it will impose anti-dumping duties for six months on some steel imports from China and Taiwan on Wednesday (25 March), as a new trade row erupted between Brussels and Beijing.

Trade & Society 16-01-2015

European Parliament is gearing up for TiSA

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Overshadowed by the highly mediatised Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) negotiations are moving along, and will appear on the radar this year, promises Luxembourgish MEP Viviane Reding, responsible for the dossier.

Global Europe 26-03-2014

China’s ‘silent diplomacy’ on Ukraine

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China does not approve EU and US sanctions on Moscow, urging all parties to refrain from escalating tensions and isolating Russia. But Beijing is not entirely happy with the Kremlin's foreign policy either.