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China’s Covid rules batter business confidence: EU Chamber

China’s virus containment measures, including in Shanghai, have caused “disruption on an epic scale”, the European Chamber of Commerce said.

BEIJING: China’s strict zero-Covid policy has led to a plunge in confidence among European companies operating in the country as supply chains are tangled, revenue projections fall and staff leave, according to a business group survey released Thursday.

Beijing remains wedded to its strategy of stamping out coronavirus clusters with targeted lockdowns and mass testing, even as the fast-spreading Omicron variant makes this increasingly difficult.

But the European Chamber of Commerce said in a report that the strict containment measures in dozens of Chinese cities, including the biggest…

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