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EU and Hong Kong in talks on new financial services dialogue, envoy says

Ambassador Harvey Rouse highlights scope for cooperation on green finance, innovation as European firms explore opportunities in Northern Metropolis

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Harvey Rouse, head of the EU Office in Hong Kong, says the bloc and the city are exploring a financial services dialogue to bolster ties on sustainable finance. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Sustainability and the green transition have remained a key area of cooperation between the EU and Hong Kong, as well as with the rest of China, even as trade relations between Brussels and Beijing remained strained. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS
Secretary for Justice Paul Lam, speaking in the capacity of acting chief executive, has said at an EU event that sustainable development and innovation will feature prominently in the city’s first five-year plan. Photo: May Tse
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Senior officials from the European Union and Hong Kong are in talks to launch a financial services dialogue in November, with companies from the bloc keen to explore opportunities in the Northern Metropolis, the EU’s top representative in the city has said.

Ambassador Harvey Rouse, head of the EU Office in Hong Kong, made the remarks at the Greenway 2026 forum on Tuesday, where he highlighted opportunities for cooperation on sustainable innovation and the green transition.

In a keynote address, Rouse said Hong Kong had established itself as one of Asia’s leading centres for green and sustainable finance, and that the city and the EU, as “two of the world’s leaders” in this field, had an opportunity to deepen cooperation.

“Indeed, this cooperation is already under way,” he said.

“Senior exchanges between Hong Kong and the European Commission have intensified over the past year, with visits by EU officials to Hong Kong and vice versa. Both sides are looking at starting soon a financial services dialogue to enhance cooperation.”

In his closing remarks, Rouse further elaborated that the dialogue was set to take place in Brussels in November, and that further cooperation on green finance would be an “important part of that agenda”.

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