Economics

China Tries to Woo U.S. Trade Team With Shanghai Jazz-Age Glamor

  • U.S. envoys to visit Bund landmark before negotiations
  • Setting freighted with America’s complicated history in China

The lobby area of the Peace Hotel in Shanghai, China.

Photographer: Kevin Lee/Bloomberg

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Chinese trade negotiators are set to host their U.S. counterparts at a landmark of jazz-era Shanghai on the city’s riverside Bund, re-opening trade talks with a marked change of atmosphere after an almost three-month hiatus.