Press Release: Catherine Ashton visits China to discuss trade and investment issues

EU Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton will visit China from the 6 to 11 September, 2009, on a trip that includes the cities of Beijing and Xiamen. She visits China to further discussions on trade and investment issues in her capacity as co-chair of the EU-China High Level Economic and Trade Dialogue (HED). Commissioner Ashton will raise issues such as barriers to investment, protection for intellectual property and cooperation on trade and investment in green technologies. Commissioner Ashton will speak at the China International Fair for Investment and Trade while in Xiamen, and will meet with Chinese leaders in Beijing, including Vice Premier Wang Qishan and Commerce Minister Chen Deming.

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European Commission: MEMO/09/375: EU-China trade in facts and figures http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/09/375&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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