EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment: Milestones and documents

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Key milestones

December 2020: EU and China reach agreement in principle on investment
September 2020: EU-China leaders’ meeting confirming the progress on the level playing field rules
July 2020: EU-China 8th High-Level Trade and Economic Dialogue (HED) registering progress on a number of areas while identifying outstanding issues
June 2020: EU-China Summit stressing the need for progress on the commitments made at the 2019 EU-China Summit
December 2019: Exchange of revised offers (market access and discriminatory measures)
April 2019: EU-China Summit setting 2020 as a target date for concluding an ambitious CAI
July 2018: Exchange of first offers (market access and discriminatory measures)
January 2016: Agreement on the scope and establishment of a joint negotiating text
January 2014: First round of negotiations
October 2013: Adoption of the EU’s negotiating mandate
February 2012: Political agreement between the EU and China to launch negotiations

Agreement in principle (22 January 2021)
Joint Communication on ‘EU-China – A strategic outlook’ (12 March 2019)
Joint statement of the 21st EU-China Summit (9 April 2019)
Joint statement of the 20th EU-China Summit (16 July 2018)
Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) in support of an EU-China Investment Agreement (November 2017)
19th EU-China Summit (1-2 June 2017)
18th EU-China Summit (12-13 July 2016)
Joint statement of the 17th EU-China Summit (29 June 2015)
16th EU-China Summit (21 November 2013)
Joint Press Communiqué of the 15th EU-China Summit (20 September 2012)
Joint Press Communiqué of the 14th EU-China Summit (14 February 2012)

The latest available data on foreign direct investment flows between the EU and China.