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China-EU investment deal: Xi Jinping and European leaders set for final push to seal agreement Emmanuel Macron’s participation in the call with Xi Jinping has yet to be confirmed. Photo: Reuters
Chinese President Xi Jinping and top European Union leaders are expected to clear the last remaining hurdles to a landmark investment deal in a phone conversation on Wednesday, the South China Morning Post has learned.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to join the call alongside Charles Michel and Ursula von der Leyen, the presidents of the European Council and Commission, according to multiple sources with direct knowledge of the preparations.
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Shenzhen court to deliver verdict on Hong Kong fugitives on Wednesday morning, while Chinese embassy slams British foreign secretary’s ‘secret trial’ concerns Natalie Wong natalie.wong@scmp.com Diplomats from the US, Britain, Australia, Canada, Portugal and the Netherlands wait outside the Yantian People’s Court on Monday. Photo: AFP
Government-appointed lawyers have told the relatives of 12 Hong Kong fugitives arrested while attempting to flee to Taiwan that a mainland Chinese court will hand down verdicts for 10 of them on Wednesday morning, according to a concern group that has been assisting the families.