Europe wants to network with the world in a more crisis-proof way
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In the view of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry , the EU's Global Gateway Initiative must be more strongly oriented towards the actual needs of European companies. A new ideas paper shows which points are to be given special consideration in the implementation.
Volker Treier
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The EU's concept of stronger global cooperation, which is fundamentally correct but also long overdue, must also work in practice," says DIHK Chief Executive of Foreign Trade Volker Treier in the run-up to the first Global Gateway Forum on 25 and 26 October in Brussels."The EU must significantly step up the pace in the concrete implementation of the Global Gateway Initiative. Only then can German and European companies benefit from improved trade flows through a developed infrastructure."
Treier: "Crucial to the success of Global Gateway is not least an effective marketing strategy that presents the initiative as a success story for fair competition on a global level."
In a statement available for download here, the DIHK has summarised the key priorities for the EU connectivity initiative Global Gateway from the perspective of German business:
