'More bark than bite' — analysts react to Trump's ban on some Chinese investments

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President Donald Trump waves while in Beijing in 2017. Getty Images The Trump administration’s latest move against investments in Chinese companies was dismissed by some analysts on Friday, though others warned it could signal additional actions against Beijing are coming. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order prohibiting Americans from investing in a clutch of Chinese companies that his administration says support China’s military. The order bars investments in emerging-markets funds that include the companies starting Jan. 11, but it gives investors until November 2021 to divest themselves of existing investments. Trump’s move is “more bark than bite,”...