US commerce secretary Gina Raimondo visits China to cool off tensions

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US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo is set to hold meetings with Chinese counterparts Monday on a trip to Beijing aimed at cooling trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies. Her visit – which will last until Wednesday – is the latest in a series of high-level trips by US officials to China in recent months. The visits could culminate in a meeting between the nation’s leaders. US President Joe Biden said recently that he was expecting to meet China’s Xi Jinping this year. Raimondo arrived in Beijing on Sunday and was met by commerce ministry director of the Americas...