Obama Said to Pick Locke to Replace Huntsman as China Envoy
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President Barack Obama plans to nominate Commerce Secretary Gary Locke to be the next U.S. ambassador to China, replacing Jon Huntsman, an administration official said.
Locke, 61, who is of Chinese ancestry, is a former two-term governor of Washington and has led annual trade talks between the U.S. and China. Obama may name Locke as soon as today, the official said yesterday, speaking on condition of anonymity because the announcement hadn’t been made. Huntsman, 50, is set to vacate the ambassador’s post on April 30.