The Polish Institute of International Affairs

and the

Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament

are pleased to invite you to the online presentation of the study

EU-CHINA COMPREHENSIVE AGREEMENT ON INVESTMENT:
POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION

Since the conclusion in principle of the EU–China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) on 30 December 2020, an intense debate has taken place in the European Parliament. The ratification process in the Council of the European Union and the Parliament had been expected at the end of this year or the beginning of 2022. This schedule is now in question following the sanctioning of several Members of the European Parliament. Nonetheless, the debate about opportunities and risks inherent in CAI merits intense public attention.

PISM together with the Polish Economic Institute have looked into the CAI and prepared a study on its political and economic implications for the EU. In this online discussion, we will discuss the CAI together with Members of the European Parliament.

19 April (Monday) 2021

16:30 – 17:45 CEST (Poland)

Agenda

16:30-16:40 Opening Remarks

Sławomir Dębski, Director, PISM

16:40-17:00 Presentation of the study results

Damian Wnukowski, Head of the Asia-Pacific Programme, PISM

17:00-17:45 Comments and discussion

Chair: Reinhard Bütikofer, MEP, Group of the Greens, Chair of the Delegation for Relations with China

• Anna Fotyga, MEP, European Conservatives and Reformists Group
• Iuliu Winkler, MEP, Group of the European People’s Party

Those wishing to attend are kindly requested to register by 16 April 2021 through online registration.
An online registration is obligatory.
The online seminar will be recorded and livestreamed on the following YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/PolandPISM.