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New E.U.-China Investment Deal Drives Wedge Between U.S. and Allies Posted by John Chan | Jan 5, 2021 A newly signed investment deal between China and the European Union has drawn heavy condemnation from critics, and threatens to complicate efforts by the incoming Biden administration to establish a common position on China between the U.S. and its allies. Quickly signed in the final days of 2020, the Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) grants each side’s companies greater market access to the other’s territories, and would loosen a requirement that European businesses operate thr...

Can Brexit Britain salvage a trade deal with China? The UK needs to trade with Beijing but it can’t be seen to condone its recent actions 27 December 2020 • 5:00am As they stood together in the pub sipping pints of Greene King, David Cameron and Xi Jinping looked like old pals – and the future of Britain’s trade relationship with China looked assured. Five years later, as the UK races to seal trade deals with other nations ahead of its exit from the European Union, relations between London and Beijing could not feel more different. So can Britain still salvage a decent trade deal with...

The negotiations between the EU and China are being closely watched in Washington, as elsewhere. The EU and China are in their seventh year of talks aimed at a comprehensive investment treaty. Last week, reports surfaced that the 27-nation bloc, currently led by Germany, had entered the final stage of negotiations with Beijing, with a goal of concluding the pact by the end of 2020. Those reports have caught the attention of Jake Sullivan, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for national security adviser. “The Biden-Harris administration would welcome early consultations with our Euro...

China premier draws support for investment agreement with EU Posted : 2020-12-24 16:09 Updated : 2020-12-25 10:46 Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, shown via video link at an Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development event last week, has called the Dutch and Spanish prime ministers in a bid to shore up support for the proposed EU-China trade deal. South China Morning Post By Stuart Lau Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has asked leaders of Spain and the Netherlands to back Beijing's proposed investment deal with the European Union, after a high-level French official threatened to block it o...