You can sign up right hereLondon (CNN Business) It's difficult for American companies to operate in China. That rate of growth was significantly slower than the 18.3% year-on-year increase China registered in the first quarter. "All told, activity in China remained strong in [the second quarter]," Julian Evans-Pritchard, senior China economist at Capital Economics, said in a note to clients. Tensions between Washington and Beijing and human rights concerns have recently made doing business in China even harder for Western firms. Europe started looking into a digital euro more seriously after Facebook unveiled plans to create a digital currency in 2019.

Source: CNN July 15, 2021 11:48 UTC