Seminar - Overview of EU-China and Japan-China Trade Relations

Dear DCCJ Members,

Please find below an invitation to a seminar organised by EU-Japan Centre concerning EU-China & Japan-China Trade Relations on Monday 1 February, with a speaker from the European Commission, Ms Helena Konig, Head of Unit for Trade Relations with the Far East, Directorate-General for Trade.

For details, please refer to the following message and attached invitation or contact the organiser (seminar@eu-japan.gr.jp) directly

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Date/Time Monday, 1 February 2010, 15:00 - 17:00
Place EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation (13-3
Ichiban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
Participation Free
Language English / Japanese (simultaneous interpretation)
Registration: Send the attached form by fax (03-3221-6226) or email
your name, affiliation, telephone and E-mail address to seminar@eu- japan.gr.jp.
Inquiry: EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation Tel: 03-
3221-6161 Fax: 03-3221-6226 / seminar@eu-japan.gr.jp. 

Overview: 

China is the single most important challenge for both the EU and Japanese trade policies today. For the EU, China is now the 2nd trading partner behind the USA and the biggest source of imports. For China, the EU is the biggest trading partner. In 2006 the European Commission adopted a major policy strategy (Partnership and Competition) on China that pledged the EU to accepting tough Chinese competition while pushing China to trade fairly.
In 2008 the EU and China launched a new strategic mechanism for driving trade and economic policy, the High Level Economic and Trade Dialogue, to deal with issues of strategic importance to EU-China trade and economic relations. This dialogue provides a tool to address issues of mutual concern in the areas of investment, market access and intellectual property rights protection, as well as other issues related to trade.

In this seminar, Ms Helena Konig, the Head of Unit for the Trade Relations with the Far East of the Directorate-General for Trade of the European Commission, presents overview of the EU's issues of strategic importance in its trade relations with China. The seminar will also be joined by Mr Hideto Akiba, the Director of the Northeast Asia Division of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, to outline the prospects of the Japan-China trade relations.
 
Programme:

15:00 Opening remark, Mr Julien Guerrier, General Manager, EU-Japan
Centre for Industrial Cooperation

15:05 "EU's Trade Strategy towards China"
Speaker: Ms Helena Konig, Head of Unit for Trade Relations with the Far East,
Directorate-General for Trade, European Commission

15:45 "Some economic issues in China and Japan's trading policy for
China"
Speaker: Mr Hideto Akiba, Director, Northeast Asia Division, Trade Policy Bureau,
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

16:25 Q & A
17:00 Closing remark, Mr Hiroshi Tsukamoto, General Manager, EU-Japan
Centre for Industrial Cooperation