Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has met with 14 foreign business representatives already doing business in China in an attempt to convince investors that the country continues to be a good environment to do business as China continues to open up to international trade. The meeting with representatives from Germany, France, the Netherlands, Hungary, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and other countries on April 20 comes after the EU parliament refused last month to ratify a EU-China investment deal. The downward spiral in EU-China relations followed the EU’s decision to boycott Xinjiang cotton in March, triggering counter sanctions from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which have further imperiled the likelihood of any trade deal. During the meeting at the China-European Center in Chengdu, which has attracted more than 170 foreign institutions and enterprises to invest and settle in Sichuan province, Li praised the business leaders for their contributions to China’s “modernization” and the “recovery of the global economy” following …