EU-China investment deal likely delayed over market access, top EU trade official says
By Joanna Sopinska ( December 17, 2019, 16:56 GMT | Insight) -- A planned EU-China investment agreement is unlikely to be reached as planned in 2020 unless China drops its restrictive policies on market access, the EU’s top trade official has said. Sabine Weyand said that talks have moved at a "snail’s pace" in recent months because of the market-access issue, and called for "more political involvement on the Chinese side" to break the deadlock.A planned EU-China investment agreement is unlikely to be reached as planned in 2020 unless China drops its restrictive policies on market access, the EU's top trade official has said....
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