Comments on: European Union Chamber of Commerce in China Report on China. http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/2009/09/03/european-union-chamber-of-commerce-in-china-report-on-china/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:43:50 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tim http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/2009/09/03/european-union-chamber-of-commerce-in-china-report-on-china/comment-page-1/#comment-4938 Tim Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:34:00 +0000 http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/?p=2123#comment-4938 I agree, that was unusually strong and just begs the government to respond in kind instead of focusing on the real issues I agree, that was unusually strong and just begs the government to respond in kind instead of focusing on the real issues

]]> By: Rich http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/2009/09/03/european-union-chamber-of-commerce-in-china-report-on-china/comment-page-1/#comment-4927 Rich Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:56:36 +0000 http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/?p=2123#comment-4927 Hey Tim. Yeah, actually I had brunch with our mutual friend from EU Chamber yesterday and discussed briefly. In essence, many of these issues were ones they had discussed with MOFCOM before, and none of this was particularly new, but the size of the document and the way the press picked up on it was (she recognized the comment about China needing the EU more than the reverse did not help). We both agreed that it would be interesting times when China began publishing a report of its own. R Hey Tim.

Yeah, actually I had brunch with our mutual friend from EU Chamber yesterday and discussed briefly. In essence, many of these issues were ones they had discussed with MOFCOM before, and none of this was particularly new, but the size of the document and the way the press picked up on it was (she recognized the comment about China needing the EU more than the reverse did not help).

We both agreed that it would be interesting times when China began publishing a report of its own.

R

]]> By: Tim http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/2009/09/03/european-union-chamber-of-commerce-in-china-report-on-china/comment-page-1/#comment-4924 Tim Mon, 07 Sep 2009 01:50:48 +0000 http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/?p=2123#comment-4924 Actually, the white papers that the EU Chamber releases have always been rather straightforward and have been released to the government and presented in a public forum. The idea being that as the Chamber represents the concerns of its members it can be a bit more direct than any one given European member company. As a result, the paper is heavily driven by chamber member comments and the chairs of the working groups (at least in previous years and I would assume this hasn’t changed). Given the market downturn I am not surprised that members have found themselves with more to be worried about and are now more vocal about their concerns than they may have been in previous years. Also, even though these issues, in many ways, have been around for a while, previous white papers were generally tempered with a sense of improvement and I suspect that, along with the general sentiment of its members, the tone of the most recent white paper reflects concerns that China began to stagnate on areas they had previously shown gradual improvement. Actually, the white papers that the EU Chamber releases have always been rather straightforward and have been released to the government and presented in a public forum. The idea being that as the Chamber represents the concerns of its members it can be a bit more direct than any one given European member company. As a result, the paper is heavily driven by chamber member comments and the chairs of the working groups (at least in previous years and I would assume this hasn’t changed). Given the market downturn I am not surprised that members have found themselves with more to be worried about and are now more vocal about their concerns than they may have been in previous years.
Also, even though these issues, in many ways, have been around for a while, previous white papers were generally tempered with a sense of improvement and I suspect that, along with the general sentiment of its members, the tone of the most recent white paper reflects concerns that China began to stagnate on areas they had previously shown gradual improvement.

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