Second meeting for EU-China Trade and Investment Consultations

On 8 and 9 October 2026, European Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič, Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency and Wang Wentao, Minister of Commerce of China, held the second meeting of the EU-China Trade and Investment Consultations (TIC) in Beijing. The two sides had pragmatic and productive discussions, and reached a list of deliverables and understandings.

As key trading partners, the two sides reaffirmed to properly handling differences under the framework of WTO rules and commit to continue working with the aim to stabilise and make the bilateral relationship more balanced. With this objective in mind, the two sides agreed to hold the third TIC ministerial meeting in March 2027.

Read Šefčovič's remarks on our Press Corner.