Türkiye puts its best foot forward to charm Chinese investors
ANKARA Türkiye plans to draw on its geographical position and an EU customs deal to entice Chinese investors keen to access European markets tariff-free, as it recently just did with carmaker BYD. The Chinese electric vehicle giant signed a billion-dollar deal with Ankara on Monday to open a plant in western Türkiye, promising to create 5,000 jobs, a move that will help it dodge new EU tariffs. The country, at the crossroads between Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia, is in talks with other Chinese companies, Türkiye's Industry and...