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China to scrap quotas that cap foreign financial investments

Beijing hopes to shore up its currency and offset a growing capital outflow

SHANGHAI/HONG KONG  (Reuters) -- China's foreign exchange regulator said on Tuesday that it had decided to scrap quota restrictions on two major inbound investment schemes, as a weakening yuan and rising outflows prompt Beijing to seek to attract more foreign capital.

While underlining China's thirst for overseas funding as its economy slows amid a debilitating trade war with the United States, the move also appears largely symbolic, as two-thirds of the existing quotas remain unused.

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