TREE NEWS update: China, Belgium and Luxembourg held the 23rd session of their joint economic and trade committee in Brussels on Nov. 12, with Chinese Vice Minister of Commerce Ling Ji meeting Belgian and Luxembourg officials. Ling said China is willing to improve the structure and quality of trade cooperation and cultivate new growth areas in services trade, the digital economy and artificial intelligence. He also raised concerns about EU trade protection measures and urged Belgium and Luxembourg to push the EU to resolve differences through the China-EU trade and investment consultation mechanism.
China, Belgium, Luxembourg Hold 23rd Joint Economic Committee Meeting in Brussels
AI take
The trilateral format is the signal here: Beijing is working national capitals directly rather than only through the EU channel, and pairing new-growth language on services, digital and AI with a complaint about EU trade protection measures suggests it wants member states to act as internal advocates. That puts Belgium and Luxembourg in an awkward spot between EU-level trade policy and bilateral commercial ties. Whether the China-EU trade and investment consultation mechanism becomes the venue that actually absorbs these disputes is the open question.
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