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US seeking more 'predictable' business environment in China: Raimondo

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SHANGHAI: The United States wants to work with China to ensure a more 'predictable' environment for American businesses in Shanghai, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo told officials in the economic hub on Wednesday (Aug 30). Speaking with Shanghai Communist Party chief Chen Jining on day four of a bridge-bu

Those fears have been compounded this year by a broad crackdown on US consulting firms operating in China., which came into force on Jul 1, has also spooked foreign and domestic firms as they try to decipher authorities' intentions and, crucially, pinpoint what is off-limits.

In a Tuesday meeting with Vice Premier He Lifeng in Beijing, Raimondo raised what Washington sees as unfair trade practices by China, according to a US Department of Commerce readout. She also emphasised the"importance of strengthening the protection of trade secrets for US businesses operating in China".

The commerce secretary is one of a number of senior US officials to visit China in recent months - part of an effort by Washington to improve its working relationship with its largest strategic rival. Raimondo has used the trip to seek more open discussions with the Chinese over restrictive trade curbs and the two sides have agreed to set up a working group to iron out the laundry list of trade disputes between them.

 

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