China, EU may hold investment deal talks

Hope for negotiations despite the ongoing dispute over solar panels

China and the European Union may launch negotiations on a bilateral investment treaty, despite their ongoing dispute over solar panels.

Zhang Haiyan, a professor of EU-China investment and trade at Antwerp Management School in Belgium, said: "Both Brussels and Beijing have already signaled their eagerness in kick-starting such an investment negotiation but it is not easy to forecast how soon it will be concluded."