EU companies in China pay the price for Brussels stance on Xinjiang; doing business here is more 'expensive and complex'


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Doing business in China is becoming “more complex and expensive” for European firms which are finding themselves increasingly caught in the geopolitical struggle between the world’s second-largest economy and the West.

EU business leader Joerg Wuttke said human rights concerns over Xinjiang were posing a major challenge to European companies in China.

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