https://www.scmp.com/rss/509020/feed Evgeniia Shannon is a graduate student at The Australian National University and formerly a staff member at the WTO Secretariat in Geneva en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com On December 30, 2020, all 27 member states of the European Union agreed to the Comprehensive Agreement on Investment with China after seven years of negotiation. The deal, known as the CAI, is being portrayed in Western media as a strategic victory for China over a naive, desperate Europe – one that took place in the lead up to Joe Biden’s inauguration as president of the United States. Europe’s leaders, critics argued, had limited the options for the Biden administration and given too many... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3123153/why-eu-china-investment-deal-no-free-pass-beijing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3123153/why-eu-china-investment-deal-no-free-pass-beijing?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 Feb 2021 04:00:20 +0000