Daily Memo: Two Setbacks for Foreign Investment into China

U.S. investment in China fell off a cliff last year, and an EU investment pact is likely on hold.

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EU-China agreement going into the freezer. The European Parliament on Thursday is expected to vote to halt the process of ratifying the long-sought EU-China investment agreement signed in December, pending the lifting of Chinese countersanctions on European individuals and entities imposed in March. It’s becoming more difficult for Beijing to use its economic leverage in […]

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