China’s overseas acquisitions tanked in 2020. Where did its companies still choose to invest?
Chinese investors are proving less ready to splash their cash overseas.
Numbers through November from the Chinese government showed $95 billion in overseas non-financial deals, which make up only a part of all overseas funding. However, the China Global Investment Tracker (CGIT), run for years by the American Enterprise Institute and the Heritage Foundation, found just $30.5 billion worth of significant investment and construction deals over the entire year.CGIT only tracks de
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When Joe Biden took office, many of his supporters thought the first order of business would be unwinding Donald Trump's trade war with China. But his trade czar, Katherine Tai, has been largely MIA, a stark contrast to her predecessor, the fiery and ubiquitous Robert Lighthizer. So what has Tai been up to?
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