U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen meets foreign business leaders in China ahead of trade talks

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen kicked off a trip to China on Friday with a morning meeting to hear the concerns of American, European and Japanese business representatives in the world’s second-largest economy, ahead of what will likely be tough talks on trade and other issues with senior Chinese government officials. Yellen, the first Cabinet-level official to visit China since President Joe Biden met Chinese leader Xi Jinping last November, shook hands with the heads of the American and European chambers of commerce in China after arriving for the meeting in the southern industrial hub of Guangzhou. She has telegraphed...