Dining with US firms at APEC, Xi says China is ready to be a partner

Summary Companies Xi attends dinner with US executives, officials Apple, BlackRock, Pfizer among the firms represented Controversy over reported high ticket cost SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 15 (Reuters) – China is ready to be a partner and friend of the United States, and there is plenty of room for bilateral cooperation, President Xi Jinping told American executives in San Francisco on Wednesday, as Beijing looks to reassure global business and counter his country’s struggles to entice foreign investment. The U.S. executives dined with Xi on the margins of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum following a day of talks between the…