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Question for written answer E-000056/2021to the CommissionHélène Laporte (ID) Subject: EU-China investment agreement (clauses) After seven years of difficult negotiations, the provisional text on the EU/China investment agreement adopted on 30 December remains vague and not particularly binding. This draft agreement should ensure European companies have better conditions for access to the Chinese market and more effective asset protection. China's concessions mark a slight improvement in market access, but the draft agreement is hampered by its failure to foster equitable economic openness on the basis of unambiguous, binding rules. 1. With what binding contractual clauses does the Commission intend to...
