Washington’s top envoy in Beijing signaled business ties between the world’s two biggest economies are on more solid ground after their trade war truce last October.
Ambassador David Perdue reportedly told a closed-door meeting of business leaders in Hong Kong that the US and China had made progress on several agreements, including a massive Boeing sale, ahead of President Donald Trump’s expected trip to China in April. Perdue earlier told Bloomberg that the broader US-China relationship was “improving multi-dimensionally.”
Other Western nations are also pursuing closer ties with Beijing as Trump’s trade policies and unpredictable diplomacy reshape global partnerships: Finland’s premier visited China and pledged to boost economic cooperation on Tuesday, and the UK’s Keir Starmer lands in Beijing on Wednesday.