EU Hopes New Rules to Curb State-Backed Foreign Buyers Will Be Agreed Within Next Year

EU Hopes New Rules to Curb State-Backed Foreign Buyers Will Be Agreed Within Next Year
Europeaan Commission Vice Presidents Margrethe Vestager speaks during a news conference in Brussels, Belgium, on May 5, 2021. Yves Herman/Reuters
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The European Union’s antitrust chief is hopeful draft rules intended to curb state-backed foreign buyers will be agreed within the next year, she said on Thursday.

The rules aim to prevent companies that benefit from distorting foreign subsidies from buying EU businesses or taking part in public tenders, with a particular eye on fending off unfair competition from China.