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From:
Art. 4.1(b)
(TRADE)
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2016 5:02 PM
To: '
Art. 4.1(b)
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(ACEA Beijing Offices);
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(TRADE)
Subject: RE: EU-China Investment Agreement - Market access for non-services
Art. 4.1(b)
Dear
Thank you for your email. I can indeed confirm that discriminatory JV requirements are
part of the negotiations. We have not discussed specific sectors yet, but expect to do so
later within 2016.
Hope this clarifies.
Kind regards,
Art. 4.1(b)
From:
Art. 4.1(b)
Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2016 5:29 PM
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Art. 4.1(b)
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Subject: EU-China Investment Agreement - Market access for non-services
Dear Art. 4.1(b) ,
I hope this email finds you well.
I refer to our various exchanges on the EU-China Investment Agreement, both
bilaterally as well as in the framework of BusinessEurope meetings.
As we have discussed during those occasions, ACEA fully supports the
intensification of investment relations between the EU and China and has been
advocating for an ambitious and comprehensive Investment Agreement with a
strong coverage of investment market access as well. As the joint venture
requirement in China with an equity cap of 50%
Art. 4.2 first indent
, we have appreciated that the Commission has
intended to put an emphasis on discussing such restrictions with China in the
Investment Agreement.
We have taken good note of the Commission’s statement released on 15 January
with regard to the agreement reached with China on the scope of the agreement.
We were wondering if you could inform us in more details about the coverage. We
would particularly appreciate your confirmation whether such important joint
venture requirements for non-services (in our case automobile manufacturing)
will be in the scope of the negotiations going forward.
Thank you very much in advance for your reassurance.
Best regards,
Art. 4.1(b)
Art. 4.1(b)
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