Hogan told a conference held by business lobby group
BusinessEurope that the EU wanted to see "concrete progress"
from China on opening up its markets.
"Meeting halfway will not work for the EU. Our markets are
largely open, probably the most open in the world. We have
therefore have made it very clear that we expect and are
demanding a rebalancing of the asymmetry."
China and the EU launched negotiations on an investment pact in
2013 and were holding a 26th round of talks due to end on
Tuesday after a second exchange of offers in December.
Hogan said the EU and China were making progress in the
negotiations, although he was not satisfied with the latest
offer from Beijing.
Chinese companies, he said, were already being given equal
treatment to European firms in Europe, with fair and predictable
laws.
"It's up to China to level the playing field for our companies
operating in their country," he said.
Hogan spoke after the United States and China concluded a
partial trade agreement that will commit China to buying some
$200 billion of U.S. goods over two years, but did not address
the structural reforms both the U.S. and the EU want to see in
China.
(Reporting by Philip Blenkinsop; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)
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