Commerce officials heading to China to lay groundwork for possible Raimondo trip later this year, sources say

Officials from the Department of Commerce will travel to Beijing and Shanghai next week to lay groundwork for a potential trip by Secretary Gina Raimondo, sources say.

But the optics of a potential visit could be fraught with risk if the visit produces no deliverables, sources say. Elizabeth Economy, a senior advisor to the secretary on China issues, and Scott Tatlock, the deputy assistant secretary for China and Mongolia, will assess whether such a meeting between Raimondo and her Chinese counterparts would produce results to justify the visit.

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