From 16-18 December, an ECCT delegation completed another successful Open Door Mission to Brussels, Belgium. During the trip, the ECCT delegation updated representatives from the European Union in Brussels and European business associations on the ECCT’s position papers, business, economic and other developments in Taiwan, received updates on developments in Europe, exchanged information on ongoing trade, investment and business trends and explored opportunities for future bilateral cooperation.

During the trip, the ECCT delegation met with representatives from the European Commission, including the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW), the Directorate General for Mobility & Transport (DG MOVE), the Directorate General for Trade (DG TRADE), the Directorate General for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy (DG ENV), the European External Action Service (EEAS), the Directorate General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA) and the Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG Connect). In addition, the delegation met with representatives from the European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE), BusinessEurope, Wind Europe and the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA).

On the second evening of the trip, the delegation held an informal meeting with Roy Lee, Representative of the Taiwan Representative Office in the EU & Belgium and enjoyed a dinner with staff members of the office.

ECCT delegation:
Giuseppe Izzo, Chairman
Freddie Höglund, CEO
John Winter, Vice Chairman
Niels Steenberg, Director, Wind Energy committee Co-chair
Jason Ho, Education Committee Co-chair
Nathan Kaiser, Member
Laurent Chevalier, Member
Cindy Cheng, Member
Deborah Chiang, Sustainability Team Director
Duncan Levine, Publications Editor
Details of the meetings and attendees are listed below.

Meeting with the European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE)
16 December 2024

Participants:
Hosuk Lee Makiyama, Director

Meeting with the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA)
16 December 2024

Participants
Petr Dolejsi, Director, Mobility & Sustainable Transport
Thomas Fabian, Director, Commercial Vehicles
Eric Postma, Sustainability Mobility Manager

Meeting with Business Europe
16 December 2024

Participants
Luisa Santos, Director
Elena Suarez Sanchez, Senior Advisor, International Relations Department

Meeting with Wind Europe
16 December 2024

Participants
Giles Dickson, CEO
Phil Cold, Director of Industrial Affairs

Meeting with the Directorate General for Mobility & Transport (DG MOVE)
16 December 2024

EC officials participating:
Stefano Paci, Deputy Head of Unit, International Relations
Dr Zlatko Kregar, Policy Officer, Sustainable & Intelligent Transport
Annika Siirak, International Relations Officer, International Relations Unit

Meeting with the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW)
17 December 2024

EC delegation:
David RODRIGUEZ COLMENERO, Policy Officer
Peter Broertjes, Machinery & Equipment
Óscar RUIZ-ARTEAGA

Meeting with the Directorate General for Trade (DG TRADE)
17 December 2024

EC delegation:
Joanna SZYCHOWSKA, Director, Asia (1), Services and Digital Trade, Investment and IP
Marcus GUSTAFSSON, Policy Coordinator, Unit for Far East (China – Taiwan)
Svilen GEORGIEV

Meeting with the Directorate General for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy (DG ENV)
17 December 2024

EC delegation:
Martijn Quinn, Deputy Head of Unit, Regional and Bilateral Environmental Cooperation
Maria Chiara Femiano, International Relations Officer

\\Dinner with Taiwan Representative Office in the EU & Belgium
17 December 2023

Other members of the Taiwan delegation
Shui Li-mei, Director, Economic Division
Sheen Mao-ting, Director, Health Division
Chang Wei-ju, First Secretary
Tsao Chia-chun (Snow), Economic Secretary, Economic Division
Christina Chen, Second Secretary

Meeting with ISPI
18 December 2024

Participants
Moreno Bertoldi, Senior Associate Research Fellow

Meeting with European External Action Service
18 December 2024

EC participants
Dominic Porter, Head of Division, EEAS
Marco Ferri, Senior Expert

Meeting with Directorate General of Climate Action (CLIMA)
18 December 2024

EC participants
Rainer Emschermann
Renato Roldao