China-EU investment agreement: "Xi Jinping is offered a diplomatic victory"
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EU-China: agreement in principle on investments (December 30, 2020) © AFP
By: Florent Guignard
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After seven years of negotiations, China and the European Union have finally found a trade agreement allowing companies from the old continent to access the Chinese market.
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Beijing for its part, conceded ratifying the fundamental conventions of the International Labor Organization on the fight against forced labor, which targets in particular that of the Uyghurs.
This agreement was concluded before the inauguration of Joe Biden and thus affirms the independence of the European Union vis-à-vis the United States.
The lighting of Françoise Nicolas, doctor in international economics, director of the Asia Center of IFRI and teacher at Sciences Po
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