21st China-EU Round Table Held in Hangzhou

The round table itself is a consultative body, not a negotiating one, so its real signal is agenda-setting rather than outcomes. Placing people-centered AI alongside trade and investment suggests the AI governance conversation is being folded into the broader economic relationship rather than treated as a standalone technical file. For RWA and digital-asset watchers, the relevant question is whether this channel eventually feeds into formal regulatory dialogue, since the Council and Committee can shape recommendations without binding either side. Whether the AI discussion produces anything more concrete than language is the open question.