NEW: China Backtracks, Fires Trade Negotiator For Insulting Treasury Sec. Bessent
China has dismissed its outspoken trade negotiator Li Chenggang as the country’s lead representative to the World Trade Organization. The move comes just days after U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent publicly referred to him as “unhinged” following a heated outburst. Li, 58, was dismissed from his post as part of a wider diplomatic reshuffling ordered … Read more