Xi's visit paves way for major investment, trade deals with the UK
UK is EU's second largest investor in China; it is also China's second largest trading partner in the EU
London
FOLLOWING final negotiations over the weekend, China President Xi Jinping is expected to sign an accord with the UK that will give China a sizeable stake in Electricite de France's nuclear power plant project in Hinkley Point, Somerset in south-west England. Besides Hinkley, other nuclear power plant projects involving China could include additions to the Sizewell plant in Suffolk, on the east coast, and a new facility in Bradwell, Essex.
"The two nations will announce sizeable investment and trade deals," Zhang Ji, China Assistant Minister of Commerce, said last week in Beijing.
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