I would be delighted to welcome you to the presentation of BusinessEurope’s China Strategy Paper

“The EU and China: Addressing the Systemic Challenge”

On Wednesday, 22 January 2020
Welcome coffee from 8:00. Presentation & discussion 08:30 to 11:00.

Representation of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia to the EU Rue Montoyer 47, Brussels

Presentation by:
Luisa Santos, Director of International Relations, BusinessEurope
Maurice Fermont, Adviser on Trade and Investment Policy, BusinessEurope

Discussion with:
Sabine Weyand, Director General of DG Trade
Fabian Zuleeg, Chief Executive of the European Policy Center Sabine Stricker-Kellerer, SSK-Asia, Merics

2020 will be a year of intense EU-China exchanges including three summits. BusinessEurope is opening a very interesting conversation and enriching the economic and the political debates with its “The EU and China: Addressing the Systemic Challenge” paper. This strategy paper will be presented and discussed at our event.

After comments by our three speakers, Sabine Weyand, Fabian Zuleeg and Sabine Stricker- Kellerer, we will open the floor for a discussion with all participants. The discussion will be held in English. Please find the program attached to this E-Mail.

Please note that seating is limited, and we therefore recommend an early registration until 17 January at the latest via this link.

I look forward to welcoming you to this event.

Sincerely,
Reinhard Bütikofer, MEP