Daily Memo: Beijing and Brussels Talk Investment Deal, Pyongyang Prepares for 2021


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December 30, 2020 89 Making a deal. China and the EU appear to be inching ever closer to inking a landmark investment deal following seven years of negotiations. Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to hold a videoconference with top EU leaders Wednesday in hopes of pushing the deal over the finish line. According to leaked draft text of the deal, China would make substantive moves to level the playing field for outside investors in a number of sectors, for example by allowing wholly owned European ventures in health care, financial services and a broad swath of manufacturing. China would...