Chinese state media reported on Thursday that “Chinese commerce officials have been intensively meeting representatives from the U.S. business community and academia” — and pressuring them to meddle in trade talks with the Trump administration on behalf of Beijing’s interests.
China’s state-run Global Times put a happy face on this blatant effort to use Beijing’s economic leverage to affect U.S. government policy, burbling about China’s “opening-up commitment” and desire for a “stable, healthy, and sustainable bilateral relationship.”
“Chinese commerce officials’ intensive exchanges with U.S. business and academic representatives send a signal…
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