Blinken Raises Concerns on Unfair Trade Practices in China

Secretary of State Antony Blinken brought up China’s non-market trade practices and called on the communist regime to provide U.S. businesses with a level playing field, in the first stop of his China visit. China and the United States have “an obligation for our people and, indeed, an obligation for the world to manage the relationship between our two countries responsibly,” Mr. Blinken said ahead of a meeting with Chen Jining, Shanghai’s Communist Party chief, on Thursday morning. Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a statement that Mr. Blinken raised concerns about Beijing’s “trade policies and non-market economic practices.”...