Please sign in or create an account to download the SME Position Paper. The 2025/2026 Inter-Chamber SME Working Group Position Paper outlines recent policy and regulatory developments affecting European SMEs in China throughout the past year. Its key recommendations aim to address issues encountered by small and medium-sized enterprises, including in access to financing, timely payments, and IPR protection. […]
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Although European-level sanctions have been in place since the 1980s, their relevance as a foreign policy instrument has increased hand in hand with their number in the past years, in particular following the start of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine in 2022. With more than 5000 individuals and entities currently listed, the EU’s sanctions […]
UPDATE: On 6 August 2025, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has extended the investigation period for three months. The safeguard investigation into beef imports will now run until 26 November 2025. You will find the extension announcement on MOFCOM’s website. On 27 December 2024, China’s Ministry of Commerce announced the initiation of a safeguard investigation […]
Global supply chains are undergoing a gradual but meaningful shift. As production patterns adjust and trade relationships evolve, businesses and policymakers are taking a closer look at how supply chains are structured, and where risks and opportunities lie. China continues to be a central part of this system, with a major role in sectors like […]
This event is organised by Enterprise Europe Network – Agri-Food Sector Group, a partner of the EU SME Centre. To learn more and to register, please visit the event’s official page. The Sector Group Agri-Food within the Enterprise Europe Network, in collaboration with the Internationalisation Thematic Group and Tourism Sector Group, is organising an online Matchmaking Event (B2B meetings) on the 13th – […]
Please sign in or create an account to download the full report. In recent years, the policy environment for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the People’s Republic of China has undergone a significant transformation. Every year, the EU SME Centre’s Advocacy Platform sets out to provide with the Policy Environment Report an overview of the most significant developments affecting SMEs […]
On 10 July, join a training where Mr Thibaud Bodson, Policy Officer/ Services Trade Negotiator at DG TRADE, will present the EU’s My Trade Assistant tool. The tool now covers services trade and China with information on market access restrictions and other requirements. My Trade Assistant tool is part of the bigger Access2Markets system that aims to […]
