BusinessEurope: China to get "market economy status"?

15 December 2015 / BUSINESSEUROPE weighs in on the debate on whether or not to grant China market economy status in this position paper. A press release was also published on the same occasion with comments from Director General, Markus Beyrer. He asserted that the EU should "maintain effective trade defence instruments that take the real market situation in China into account". Echoing the key messages from the position paper, he also emphasised the importance of consulting with other major WTO partners such as the US.