Chinese investment is saving American factories and manufacturing despite the trade war, even though Trump won’t admit it

Despite trade tensions, from Ohio to Kentucky to Louisiana, Chinese FDI is building factories and creating jobs. State governors welcome and court Chinese investment; Trump should start listening to them

Billy Huang

Published: 3:00am, 23 Jan, 2020

Updated: 6:18am, 23 Jan, 2020

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Billy Huang is a media veteran who has worked at leading organisations across the Pacific, including Xinhua News Agency in Beijing, CNN headquarters in Atlanta, MediaCorp in Singapore, KyLinTV in New York and the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. He was part of the CNN team that won the 2005 Peabody Award and the 2005 DuPont-Columbia University Award.