Exporters of Chinese goods to Europe are scrambling to shift cargo shipments from ocean to the China—Europe rail land bridge, as ship slots become scarcer due to capacity cancelations from container lines in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

The policy brief titled "Comprehensive Investment Agreement One Year Later: View from European Capitals" seeks to clarify the prospects for an "unfreezing" of the EU-China investment agreement based on current developments in the European Union.