President Xi Jinping had delivered keynote speeches two years running at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai. Photo: Xinhua President Xi Jinping had delivered keynote speeches two years running at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai. Photo: Xinhua
President Xi Jinping had delivered keynote speeches two years running at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai. Photo: Xinhua
China economy
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China import expo to go ahead despite trade tensions, lingering coronavirus uncertainty

  • Shanghai will host the third annual China International Import Expo in November, as China seeks to portray itself as a backer of multilateralism
  • But the event faces a number of challenges, including headwinds from China-US decoupling, trade disputes and travel disruptions caused by the pandemic

Topic |   China economy
Orange Wang
Orange Wang

Updated: 12:10am, 31 Jul, 2020

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President Xi Jinping had delivered keynote speeches two years running at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai. Photo: Xinhua President Xi Jinping had delivered keynote speeches two years running at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai. Photo: Xinhua
President Xi Jinping had delivered keynote speeches two years running at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai. Photo: Xinhua
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