The White House memo does not make a policy recommendation but outlines the reasons why potential China investment limits should be studied.
The White House circulated a memo outlining a process to study whether to limit U.S. investment in Chinese securities.US President Donald Trump speaks alongside Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin during a meeting in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, DC, February 22, 2017.Early last week, the White House circulated a policy memo outlining a process that would evaluate whether the Trump administration should limit U.S.
CNBC reported Friday that the White House had begun a deliberative process to evaluate what, if any, restrictions on Chinese investment it might pursue.
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