Blinken called for a level playing field for American business in China

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken called on China to ensure a level playing field for US business.
Blinken is on a visit to China aimed at easing tensions between the two global powers over a number of contentious issues, The Business Standard reported.
Washington and Beijing are increasingly at loggerheads over the way American companies operate in China, Chinese exports and manufacturing capacity, and tensions are rising over Beijing's support for Russia in its war in Ukraine.
State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said he had raised concerns about China's "trade policies and non-market economic practices" in a meeting with senior Chinese official Chen Jinyin in Shanghai.
Blinken also "underscored that the United States seeks healthy economic competition with Beijing and a level playing field for American workers and businesses operating in China."
China has dismissed as unfounded criticism that its manufacturing capacity is excessive, adding that its industries ranging from electric vehicles to solar panels are competitive and innovative.
Chen said through interpreters that the recent conversation between the leaders of the two countries had helped "the stable and healthy development of relations between our two countries," adding: "Whether we choose cooperation or confrontation affects the well-being of the two peoples, the two countries and on the future of humanity".
During his stay in Shanghai, Blinken also spoke with American and Chinese students at the local campus of New York University, where he said that cross-cultural interactions are "the best way to make sure that we start with the hope of understanding each other"./BGNES