"Global Gateway" must also work in practice

DIHK calls for better access for companies and less bureaucracy

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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.

Thursday, 12.10.2023

Volker Treier im Atrium 2022 — Volker Treier

© DIHK / Werner Schuering

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:

DIHK Position Paper on Global Gateway (PDF, 111 KB)

Contact

Katharina Wittke Referatsleiterin Süd- und Südostasien, Pazifik | Asien-Pazifik-Konferenz der Deutschen Wirtschaft (APK)

+49 30 20308 2316 wittke.katharina@dihk.de

Contact

Sandra Zwick Referatsleiterin Europapolitik, EU-Finanzierungsinstrumente, EU-Außenwirtschaftsförderung

+32 2 286 1638 zwick.sandra@dihk.de