Europe Pushes Asia Trade Talks With Eye on Ultimate Prize China
- EU officials working on deals from New Zealand to Japan
- China investment treaty remains elusive despite years of talks
Shipping containers and cranes at the Modern Terminals container port in Hong Kong.
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European Union officials are doing the rounds of Asian governments to seek traction on trade deals as they look toward their ultimate goal -- China.
The flurry has seen the bloc starting or accelerating talks with countries as far afield as New Zealand and Japan. In Asia, though, China remains the outlier for the EU on a long-stalled investment pact, the precursor to an eventual trade deal.