21/02/2020 (Agence Europe) – The prospects of concluding a comprehensive bilateral investment agreement with China in 2020 are dimming (see EUROPE B12405A20, B12355A14). On 19 February, Commissioner for Trade, Phil Hogan said the coronavirus outbreak is already stalling the pace of talks between negotiators. The annual bipartisan summit, which was to have been held in Beijing, seems indeed to be in the process of being cancelled. A second summit, scheduled for September in Leipzig under...