Economics
Mattis Lands in China for First Pentagon Chief Visit Since 2014
- U.S. defense secretary says he’ll do ‘a lot of listening’
- Trip comes at tense moment as Trump threatens more tariffs
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Jim Mattis arrived Tuesday in Beijing on the first China visit by a U.S. defense secretary in four years, as the Trump administration moves to push back against the country’s growing economic and military influence.
Mattis, who plans to also visit South Korea and Japan, was expected to press China’s leaders for continued cooperation on North Korea’s nuclear program, despite simmering tensions between the world’s two largest economies over everything from trade to Taiwan. Before departing for Asia on Sunday, Mattis said he intended to “have a conversation.”