EU-ASEAN Business Council
EU-ABC
The mission of the EU-ABC is to: Advocate for European business interests in the ASEAN region; Push for the reduction and eventual elimination of barriers to trade (both tariffs and NTBs); Facilitate trade and investment between Europe and ASEAN; Collaborate and interact with the ASEAN Secretariat and other related bodies; Contribute to and promote pan-ASEAN economic integration; Support the establishment of an EU-ASEAN free trade agreement, and FTAs between the EU and ASEAN Member States in the meantime; and, Work to support other areas of key policy interest to advance EU-ASEAN relations including, but not limited to, sustainable development, energy transition and the greening of supply chains, digital economy, harmonisation of standards etc.
Lobbying Activity
Meeting with Wopke Hoekstra (Commissioner) and
3 Sept 2025 · Meeting with EU-ASEAN Business Council
Meeting with Kathleen Van Brempt (Member of the European Parliament)
13 May 2025 · Trade policy priorities
Meeting with Kathleen Van Brempt (Member of the European Parliament)
11 Apr 2025 · Trade relations
Meeting with Lucie Šestáková (Cabinet of Commissioner Jozef Síkela), Natividad Lorenzo (Cabinet of Commissioner Jozef Síkela) and
28 Mar 2025 · Global Gateway
Meeting with Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General Taxation and Customs Union) and
28 Mar 2025 · Physical meeting - Exchange of views on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
Meeting with Christophe Kiener (Head of Unit Trade)
27 Mar 2025 · Exchange of views on EU-ASEAN trade relations
Meeting with Xavier Coget (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen)
26 Mar 2025 · Discussion with the EU-ASEAN Business Council on work ongoing within ASEAN
Meeting with Leopoldo Rubinacci (Deputy Director-General Trade)
25 Mar 2025 · Exchange of views on EU-ASEAN trade relations
Meeting with Peteris Ustubs (Director Directorate-General for International Partnerships)
25 Mar 2025 · Exchange on Global gateway and EU private sector engagement in the region.
Meeting with Ioan-Dragos Tudorache (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)
24 Mar 2025 · Discussion on key developments in Europe in light of the Competitiveness Compass, the Clean Industrial Deal and the Omnibus legislation and how this might assist European businesses operating in Southeast Asia by enhancing the EU-ASEAN relationship
Meeting with Magda Kopczynska (Director-General Mobility and Transport) and
24 Mar 2025 · Exchange of views with EU aviation and land transport industry on key policy developments in Singapore and ASEAN
Meeting with Luis Planas Herrera (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall), Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall)
24 Mar 2025 · EU-ASEAN relations
Meeting with Renate Nikolay (Deputy Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)
24 Mar 2025 · Exchange of views Digital Partnership Agreements
Meeting with Christophe Kiener (Head of Unit Trade)
23 Jan 2025 · Exchange of views on EU-ASEAN trade relations
Meeting with Cristina Maestre (Member of the European Parliament)
12 Dec 2024 · EU-ASEAN trade and investment relations
Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament)
9 Dec 2024 · EU-ASEAN trade relations, ongoing FTA negotiations with ASEAN countries
Meeting with Bart Groothuis (Member of the European Parliament)
9 Dec 2024 · EU-ASEAN relations
Meeting with Magda Kopczynska (Director-General Mobility and Transport) and Lufthansa Group
20 Nov 2024 · SAF / Air connectivity – CATA / decarbonisation of transportation
Meeting with Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General Taxation and Customs Union)
15 Dec 2023 · Physical meeting - Overview of EU tax and customs policies
Meeting with Florika Fink-Hooijer (Director-General Environment)
14 Dec 2023 · Exchange of ideas, insights, and perspectives on the current state of affairs in the EU-ASEAN economic landscape
Meeting with Juraj Nociar (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)
12 Dec 2023 · Green Deal
Meeting with Dino Toljan (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič), Juraj Nociar (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)
12 Dec 2023 · European Green Deal in the ASEAN region
Meeting with Kevin Keary (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis), Michael Hager (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)
12 Dec 2023 · Exchange of views on recent trade developments, EU-ASEAN economic relations, as well as EU competitiveness and the EU’s Green Deal.
Meeting with Michael Hager (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)
12 Dec 2023 · Exchange of views on recent trade developments, EU-ASEAN economic relations, as well as EU competitiveness and the EU’s Green Deal.
Meeting with Magda Kopczynska (Director-General Mobility and Transport)
11 Dec 2023 · - Aviation - Hydrogen infrastructure in the EU for road - transport - Electric vehicles - Railway interoperability