New US Envoy Perdue Arrives in China as Trade Tensions Cool (1)

David Perdue, the new US Ambassador to China, arrived in Beijing to take up his post as the world’s two largest economies navigate a delicate trade truce.

Perdue, a former Republican Senator for Georgia, landed in the Chinese capital on Thursday, according to a post on his official X account. Appointed in December to replace career diplomat Nicholas Burns, Perdue is expected to use his close relationship with President Donald Trump to reopen key communication channels at a critical time for US-China ties.

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