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China appoints new chief trade negotiator

17/04/2025
China appoints new chief trade negotiator
With no sign of any rapprochement between China and the US in the global trade disputes at which they are the central antagonists, China has appointed a new chief trade negotiator.

Its ambassador to the World Trade Organization (WTO), Li Chenggang (pictured), is to step into the new role.

A former assistant minister at China’s ministry of commerce, Mr Li moved to Geneva to become its ambassador to the WTO in 2021.

One of his last actions in his role at the WTO was to initiate on April 8 formal dispute consultations over the additional tariffs the US has sought to impose.

Image: WTO.

 

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