According to @politico, the European Parliament is expected to pass a motion on Thursday to formally freeze the EU’s investment agreement with #China, as MEPs criticize #China's sanctions on EU lawmakers earlier this year. politico.com/news/2021/05/1…
The draft motion will also call on the EU to step up coordination with the U.S. to deal with China, while stressing that any trade deals with Taiwan “should not be held hostage” by the deal with Beijing.
According to the draft, which has been backed by the biggest political groupings, the Parliament will vote to urge that “any consideration of the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment, ...
... as well as any discussion on ratification by the European Parliament, have justifiably been frozen because the Chinese sanctions are in place.”
The text further calls on the Commission to “use the debate around CAI as a leverage instrument to improve the protection of human rights and support for civil society in China.”
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