Chinese investment in US grows despite rhetoric

Despite calls for curbs on Chinese firms in the United States as the presidential election campaign heats up, mainland and Hong Kong investments in the US have nearly doubled this year and are expected to remain strong next year.

The value of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) by Hong Kong and Chinese companies in the US soared by 93.7 per cent to US$6.96 billion in the first nine months of this year, according to Mergermarket, an international publisher of deals data.

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