Netanyahu Asks Xi to Exempt Israel From Investment Curbs
- Tells Chinese president that technology deals need fast track
- Israelis say China deals collapsing over currency controls
Xi Jinping, right, and Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands ahead of their talks at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, on March 21, 2017.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked China’s President Xi Jinping to lift foreign currency restrictions for Chinese investors in Israeli technology companies.
“I said that Israel’s a special case” because it “has significance for technology but it doesn’t have any significance in terms of volume on markets or currencies,” Netanyahu told reporters Tuesday after meeting Xi at the government’s official guesthouse in Beijing. “He said he was willing to do it.”