Her visit, which will include meetings with business leaders and government officials, including her Chinese counterpart, Wang Wentao, will be closely watched as she looks for common ground on trade, even as she seeks to curtail it.
Here is what Ms. Raimondo expects to focus on during her trip, according to The Times’s Ana Swanson, Alan Rappeport and Keith Bradsher.
Ms. Raimondo is likely to defend the escalating tech war, which she will argue is meant to protect U.S. national security.
(Ms. Raimondo said on Monday that she would neither compromise nor negotiate on that point.)
The White House this month announced plans to bar private equity and venture capital firms from making investments in China in quantum computing and advanced semiconductors.
Persons:
Raimondo, Gina Raimondo, Wang Wentao, Ana Swanson, Alan Rappeport, Keith Bradsher, Ms
Organizations:
China, Biden administration’s, U.S
Locations:
Beijing, China