BEIJING—President Xi Jinping’s most trusted economic adviser is heading to Washington on Tuesday as a main envoy for the U.S.-China relationship, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Liu He, director of the Office of the Central Leading Group for Financial and Economic Affairs, is taking the trip at a time of rising trade tensions between the two nations. The people said the U.S. extended an invitation to Mr. Liu via its embassy in Beijing shortly before the weeklong Lunar New Year holiday that just concluded.

Source: Wall Street Journal February 23, 2018 19:01 UTC