At least seven US states sent trade delegations to the second annual trade fair, an event intended to encourage foreign companies to do business in China. Photo: Reuters At least seven US states sent trade delegations to the second annual trade fair, an event intended to encourage foreign companies to do business in China. Photo: Reuters
At least seven US states sent trade delegations to the second annual trade fair, an event intended to encourage foreign companies to do business in China. Photo: Reuters
China economy
Economy /  China Economy

Economic ties between US states, China provinces touted as fix to spiralling cost of trade war

  • Representatives from at least seven US states at a massive trade event in Shanghai have stressed ‘subnational’ economic ties amid US-China trade war
  • Bilateral trade between the world’s two largest economies has nosedived in the 16 months since tariff battle began in July 2018

Topic |   China economy
Sidney Leng
Sidney Leng

Updated: 10:49pm, 7 Nov, 2019

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At least seven US states sent trade delegations to the second annual trade fair, an event intended to encourage foreign companies to do business in China. Photo: Reuters At least seven US states sent trade delegations to the second annual trade fair, an event intended to encourage foreign companies to do business in China. Photo: Reuters
At least seven US states sent trade delegations to the second annual trade fair, an event intended to encourage foreign companies to do business in China. Photo: Reuters
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