China, EU hold trade talks on investment mechanism in Brussels

The readout's value lies in what it signals rather than what it says: the mechanism is being treated as a standing channel, with a third meeting already in preparation. That continuity matters for cross-border capital and trade flows between the two blocs, though the language here — exchanging views on progress — points to process management rather than any breakthrough. Whether this routine track produces concrete outcomes, or remains a holding pattern, is the open question worth watching.