Chinese Minister Woos Executives Amid Trade Tensions
- Wang meets with leaders of chipmakers, pharmaceutical firms
- Meetings take place ahead of a high-profile forum in Beijing
A SK Hynix Inc. memory chip.
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China’s commerce minister met with top global executives from technology, finance and pharmaceutical industries ahead of a high-profile business forum in Beijing, in an attempt to boost slowing foreign investment amid geopolitical tensions.
Wang Wentao’s meetings over two days included those with Apple Inc.’s Tim Cook, and Kwak Noh-jung, chief executive officer of South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix. He also met the CEOs of Qualcomm Inc., the world’s biggest seller of smartphone processors, and Micron Technology Inc., the largest US maker of computer memory chips.