By Oscar Pandiello ( November 13, 2025, 14:43 GMT | Insight) -- The EU is preparing to make foreign investments in strategic industries dependant on technology transfer and local value creation, a senior European Commission official has said, drawing parallels with China's approach. Bernd Biervert, the EU's trade commissioner's chief of staff, said the goal was to ensure the bloc's industrial base benefits from foreign capital. The EU is working on new conditions for foreign investment in cutting-edge sectors that would require investors to generate local value, transfer know-how, and create jobs in the bloc, a senior European Commission official has said, drawing parallels with China's approach....
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