EU-CHINA BUSINESS SUMMIT

EU-China Trade Project supports bilateral trade

(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-11-30 07:46

Catherine Ashton, EU Trade Commissioner, on a recent trip to China emphasizes on the importance for EU-China relationship going forward and building confidence between the two sides.

Team Leader Bartley explained that the EUCTP activities were organized in six key component areas, which included trade in services, customs reform, agriculture, quality infrastructure, legal reforms and policy development.

"When a Chinese ministry meets a challenge on the road to implementing its WTO commitments," said Bartley, "it can send a request for expert support to the EUCTP team. These requests are typically generated following discussions at the annual or bi-annual EU-China trade dialogues which have been set up in most trade areas. Activities designed by the EUCTP team in support of these requests will take the form of conferences, seminars, and training workshops, studies or internship programs or study visits to Europe."

WTO Lead Expert Li added: "The Chinese government and provincial authorities got the bulk of the training, however industry groups and the Chinese and European chambers of commerce were strong collaborators throughout the project's six-year life."