US commerce secretary meets Chinese counterpart in Beijing

US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo met with her Chinese counterpart in Beijing on Monday, as Washington works to cool trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies. Raimondo’s visit — which will last until Wednesday — is the latest in a series of high-level trips to China by US officials in recent months. The visits could culminate in a meeting between the nations’ leaders, with US President Joe Biden saying recently that he was expecting to sit down with China’s Xi Jinping this year. Raimondo met on Monday morning with Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao, who said it was a…