China said Wednesday that it had appointed a new trade envoy, as the world’s second-largest economy pushes back against US President Donald Trump’s swinging tariffs on imports that sent global markets tumbling.
Li Chenggang has assumed the role of representative for international trade negotiations and vice minister of commerce, Beijing’s human resources ministry said in a statement on its website.
Li, 58, previously served as Beijing’s ambassador to the World Trade Organization and deputy permanent representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, according to an official biography.
He boasts decades of experience in various trade ministry roles and holds law degrees from China’s Peking University and Germany’s University of Hamburg.
He replaces Wang Shouwen, the ministry statement said.
