AEGIS Europe co-chairing B20 Trade & Investment task force

AEGIS Europe co-chairing B20 Trade & Investment task force

Buenos Aires,   4-5 October 2018 – Business20 (B20) is the private sector´s voice of the G20 community. 2018 B20 Argentina has proposed eight task forces; each of them has  drafted thematic papers with policy proposals for submission to the G20. 

Inès Van Lierde, Chair of AEGIS Europe, has been asked by the B20 Chair Daniel Funes de Rioja to become Co-Chair of the B20 Trade & Investment task force. 

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Cerame-Unie PRESS RELEASE: Expiry Review of anti-dumping duties on ceramic tableware and kitchen ware from China

[Cerame-Unie PRESS RELEASE]

15 May 2018, Brussels – The European Federation of Ceramic Table- and Ornamentalware (FEPF) welcomes today's publication by the European Commission of a Notice of Initiation of an expiry review of the anti-dumping measures on imports of ceramic tableware and kitchenware from China. FEPF submitted compelling evidence that anti-dumping duties should be renewed for another period of five years in order to preserve the employment and competitiveness of the Union tableware and kitchenware industry.

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EBMA PRESS RELEASE: European Bicycle Manufacturers Association applauds EU Registration of dumped e-bikes from China

[EBMA PRESS RELEASE]

Brussels, 3 May 2018 - Moreno Fioravanti, Secretary General of the European Bicycle Manufacturers Association (EBMA) said: “The EBMA applauds today’s European Commission decision to order the registration of all imported e-bikes from China, a first vital step for the legitimate defence of 90,000 EU workers and over 800 SMEs against unfair competition. This means that provisional EU anti-dumping measures may be imposed on Chinese e-bikes imports with effect prior to 20 July 2018 and as early as tomorrow.

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PRESS RELEASE: Foreign Direct Investment screening: an overdue, essential tool for the EU

Brussels, 19 March 2018 – It is vital that the EU’s openness to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) remains high – EU industry relies on straightforward access to capital in order to innovate and grow. However, there is lack of transparency as regards inward FDI into EU. In order to remedy this situation, the European Commission has proposed an FDI screening mechanism, which AEGIS Europe supports.  

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