Publications
Bilateral relations
U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council: Business priorities for the 5th Ministerial
Joint statement by BusinessEurope and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce...
Bilateral relations
BusinessEurope reacts to European Parliament Plenary vote on EU-New Zealand FTA
22 November 2023 - Today, the European Parliament gave its consent to the free-trade agreement between the European Union and New Zealand.
Commenting on the plenary vote, BusinessEurope Director Gene...
Bilateral relations
EU-US Summit falls short of business expectations
Brussels/Washington, 21 October 2023 - On 20 October, the European Union and the United States of America held their second summit in Washington, DC.
BusinessEurope President Fredrik Persson sa...
Bilateral relations
EU-CELAC Summit: EU needs to show real commitment to strengthen economic ties with the region
BusinessEurope President Fredrik Persson will speak at the Business Roundtable on 17 July
14 July 2023 - Ahead of the EU-CELAC Summit on 17-18 July 2023, BusinessEurope President Fredrik Persson outl...
Bilateral relations
Bilateral relations
European Commission President’s speech on EU-China relations: Carefully assess and discuss new tools with business
30 March 2023 - Commenting on today’s speech of the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on EU-China relations, BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Beyrer said: "Any new tools th...
Bilateral relations
Agreement between the EU and the UK on the post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland: Deal helps to prepare the ground for closer EU-UK cooperation
28 February 2023 - On the news about an agreement between the European Union and the UK on the post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland, BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Beyrer s...
ASEAN
Efforts must be stepped up on trade agreements with ASEAN countries
(14 December 2022) The first EU-ASEAN Summit is taking place today in Brussels. BusinessEurope calls for negotiations with individual ASEAN countries to be revived and concluded.
BusinessEurope Direc...
Bilateral relations
U.S. – Discriminatory measures in IRA must be addressed and solved
(2 December 2022) - On Monday 5 December, the third Ministerial meeting of the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC) and the first Transatlantic Labour Dialogue will take place in Washington, DC....
Africa and the Caribbean
A more effective EU trade policy for Africa – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
Over the next years, many European companies will seek to diversify their supply chains and, in some cases, relocate their production closer to the European market to increase their re...
Bilateral relations
EU and UK Domestic Advisory Groups to the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement – Joint statement
We, the Domestic Advisory Groups of the European Union and of the United Kingdom, having met on Monday, October 3, 2022, in Brussels and in advance of participating in the first Civil Society Forum to...
Bilateral relations
BusinessEurope paper: EU-China: Engaging with a systemic rival
19 July 2022 - Today, BusinessEurope published its new paper on “EU-China relations – Engaging with a systemic rival” coinciding with the EU-China High-Level Economic Dialogue. The paper, which...