Europe First Trade Rift Tops EU Agenda Before Leaders’ Summit
- EU leaders to discuss trade defense, investment screening
- Draft summit conclusions show differences between countries
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The European Union is struggling to agree on how to protect the bloc’s industries and citizens from unfair trade practices, including foreign direct investment, threatening a split as leaders meet in Brussels.
Hours before the summit began on Thursday, the EU’s 28 governments were still tweaking language on screening investments from third countries in strategic sectors, according to draft summit conclusions obtained by Bloomberg.