Little advance work has been done for the visit, said William Zarit, chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in China. He was referring to meetings by working level officials to negotiate outcomes on commercial issues for Trump’s meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross will bring a business delegation to Beijing during Trump’s visit. He called Chinese officials “master negotiators” and said the US government and business community had long suffered from a less strategic view of the economic relationship. They have also criticized Beijing’s “Made in China 2025” plan, which offers government backing for sectors the Chinese government deems strategic.

Source: Egypt Independent October 31, 2017 08:26 UTC