Amid Trump tariffs, China's trade and economy tsar steps into spotlight

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : They described the 70-year-old's evolution from a stiff Communist Party apparatchik with non-existent English and a reluctance to stray from prepared remarks into a more confident figure who has impressed them with his ability to get things done.
50% : The two leaders had spoken before Trump took office in January.
49% : Trump has asserted several times that Beijing and Washington were already in trade talks and he told Time magazine in an interview published Friday that Xi had called him, without specifying when.
48% : Predecessors of He like Liu and Wang Qishan, by contrast, were known among foreign interlocutors for their eloquence and relatively informal demeanour.

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