Economics

China Names New Chief Trade Negotiator Before Biden Takes Office

  • Yu Jianhua was ambassador to the World Trade Organization
  • He also has participated in recent talks with the U.S.
Yu Jianhua

Photographer: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images

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China has appointed a veteran of trade talks as the Ministry of Commerce’s top negotiator, filling a ministerial-level position that was vacant for two years, as the country prepares for the incoming Biden administration.