12 January 2016 / EU Trade Insights reports that no draft proposal on the MES of China will be discussed at the orientation debate on 13 January. The debate will be an opportunity for Commissioners to exchange on how to address this issue. Read the article here (subscriber only).

12 January 2016 / 15 years after it joined the World Trade Organisation, China has still not complied with a number of the clear-cut obligations it made so as to be able to join, including the vital provision to allow all prices to be ‘determined by market forces.’ 

12 January 2016 / Ahead of tomorrow's first orientation debate on the possibility of granting Market Economy Status to China, the president of the Socialists and Democrats Group, Gianni Pittella, has warned about the high risks of Chinese social, environmental and fiscal dumping on European industries. Read the full press release here.

12 January 2016 / On the eve of the College of Commissioners' 'orientation debate' on the market economy status (MES) of China, several MEPs hosted a crucial debate in the European Parliament in Brussels.

11 January 2016 / As the Commission prepares for its first official debate on whether or not to grant China market economy status, the Dods EU Monitoring (Parliament Magazine) published an overview of the situation. Read the full analysis here.

11 January 2016 / Europe's trade union organisation, ETUC, published a press release on the risks to EU industry and jobs if China is granted MES, ahead of the College of Commissioner's orientation debate on 13 January.

8 January 2016 / Ahead of the College of Commissioners' 'orientation debate' on 13 January, a viEUws' EU Trade Insights article wrote that according to the Commission’s chief spokesman Margaritis Schinas, there will be no decision on the market economy status (MES) of China before the summer. Read the article in full here (subscriber only).

8 January 2016 / We, the Presidents of European industry associations, are writing to you in view of the upcoming College of Commissioners’ orientation debate on 13 January 2016 to warn you of the serious damage that granting MES to China could cause to many EU industries and jobs.

28 December 2015 / This Financial Times article looks at how supporters see Market Economy Status as a way to win favour with China, while critics argue it will kill European industries. Read it in full here. 

28 December 2015 / Financial Times journalists in Brussels, Washington and Beijing team up to write about the consequences of the EU granting Market Economy Status to China, as seen by the US. Read all about it here. 

17 December 2015 / China argues that it is automatically entitled to Market Economy Status after December 2016. However, well-grounded legal analyses demonstrate that there is no legal automaticity in the EU granting MES to China after that deadline and the ETUC, together with a range of organisations on both sides of European industry, strongly contests the suggestion that China should automatically be granted Market Economy Status in 2016. Read the full position paper online here and in PDF here.

16 December 2015 / Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament today backed a resolution to strengthen the strategic partnership between the EU and China, but announced that they oppose granting China 'Market Economy Status', as it is still premature. Read the full article here.

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.

14 December 2015 / Industry alliance AEGIS Europe calls on European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to conduct a full impact assessment before taking any decision on the Market Economy Status of China.

10 December 2015 / IndustriAll, the Federation of European Trade Unions, calls for exceptional European measures to address extremely low steel prices caused by massive imports of steel products from China into the European market. Furthermore, they warn that China could easily flood the European market if granted market economy status. Read the full IndustriAll paper. 

10 December 2015 // A confidential Italian government report finds that possible recognition of Market Economy Status (MES) to China at the end of 2016 will hit six sectors hard, damage even more, wipe out entire clusters, and put production lines at risk. Read the full Il Sole 24 article in English here.

9 November 2015 / AEGIS Europe, the manufacturing sector initiative which brings together 30 European industry associations, warned that the Competitiveness Council meeting today to discuss bolstering the European steel sector's competitiveness may avoid a central issue on China: its Market Economy Status (MES).

22 October 2015 / As the trade deficit between the EU and China is going to reach an all-time record high of about €180 billion, EU manufacturing industry alliance AEGIS Europe warns of dramatic trade imbalance.

21 October 2015 /  AEGIS Europe, the manufacturing alliance of 30 European industry associations express skepticism at Chinese President Xi Jinping’s remarks to the media during London visit.

21 September 2015 /  "United States is not required to recognize China as "market economy" by the end of next year, a Commerce Department official said on Friday, taking a position at odds with Beijing and in line with U.S. steel producers." Read more