Attracting US $2 billion in Chinese M&A investment activity
In 2014, Germany was still in eighth place, attracting
US $2 billion in Chinese M&A investment activity, with
Italy being the only EU member state which attracted more
investment volume (MOFCOMet al. 2015: 9). In the fol-
lowing year however, Germany was no longer among the
top ten.
This change is consistent with the analysis pub-
lished by auditing firmEY (formerly Ernst &Young) , which
showed a marked decline in Chinese M&Atransaction vol –
ume in Germany in 2015, only to bounce back in the first
half of 2016 (EY2016: 8) .
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