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US commerce chief visiting China to meet officials and business leaders
- Suzanne Clark is leading a US delegation to Beijing where they will meet senior Chinese government officials and local business leaders
- Visit comes as US and China gradually resume engagements after the two economic superpowers’ most tense relations in years
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The CEO of the US Chamber of Commerce, Suzanne Clark, is leading a delegation of former US government officials to Beijing this week, the group said.
The group will meet senior Chinese government officials and local business leaders, as well as American business executives and foreign diplomats, according to a representative of the chamber, the leading group representing business interests in the United States.
The visit comes as the United States and China gradually resume engagements after the two economic superpowers’ most tense relations in years, at loggerheads over the future of self-ruled island of Taiwan, territorial claims in the South China Sea and trade policies.
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Beijing sees Taiwan as part of China to be reunited by force if necessary. Most countries, including the US, do not recognise Taiwan as an independent state, but Washington is opposed to any attempt to take the self-governed island by force and is committed to supplying it with weapons.
Ties between Beijing and Washington are still recovering after the United States downed an alleged Chinese spy balloon a year ago.
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