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MNI BRIEF: China Top Trade Official Not Being Replaced: MofCom

BEIJING (MNI)

Media suggestions that Beijing is considering replacing its senior economic point person with the U.S. are unfounded, a government spokesperson said Thursday. Referring to a report in the WSJ suggesting Vice Premier Liu He, who headed the 2019 trade negotiations with Washington, would be replaced by vice premier Hun Chunhua were untrue, Ministry of Commerce spokesman Gao Feng told reporters.

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