Product Safety: Trilateral EU-US-China Summit in Hangzhou - China

On 10 April, the 8th Trilateral EU-US-China Summit on Product Safety took place in Hangzhou, China under the theme ‘Connecting for Shared Safety’. This is an important occasion for product safety regulators and experts to develop a coordinated response to product safety concerns. The main focus of the Summit will be on strengthening trilateral cooperation on product safety in cross-border e-commerce where participants will discuss the value of organising joint training for industry, as well as calling on online marketplaces to enhance product safety. In the EU, 11 online marketplaces, including major players such as AliExpress, Amazon and eBay, have committed to 20 areas of action under the Product Safety Pledge +. A press statement will be published after the Summit. High-level trilateral product safety summits have taken place every two years since 2008. The last one was held (in a hybrid format) in November 2022 in Brussels as part of the International Product Safety Week. More information on the EU’s cooperation with international partners on product safety is available.