OR China He appointed an unexpected new commercial negotiator today, key position in any talks to settle the escalator warrior with the USAreplacing the veteran of the trade of Wang Souven with the Chinese envoy to the World Trade Organization.

Lee Chengngang, 58, former Assistant Minister of Commerce during his first government Donald Trumpreplaces 59 -year -old Wang, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said in a statement.

It is not clear whether Wang, who had taken second place in the hierarchy of the Ministry of Commerce in 2022, took over some post. His name no longer exists in the ministry’s leadership team, as shown today on his website.

The ministry did not immediately respond to a request for a comment on change, for which no explanation is given to the announcement by the Ministry of Human Resources.

The change in the leadership of the Ministry of Commerce comes at a time when Beijing has adopted a harsh stance on the growing trade war with Washington, which was caused by the high duties imposed by Trump on species imported from China.

Unexpected change is also taking place, while President Xi Jinping is touring Southeast Asia to strengthen economic and trade ties with neighboring countries in the midst of a confrontation with the US.

Commerce Minister Wang Wentao was among the high -ranking officials accompanying Si on a visit to Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia this week.

“We can only speculate on why this change has taken place at this particular moment; but it may be that, in the view of the leading Chinese leadership, given that tensions continue to escalate, someone else needs to lift the deadlock in which the two countries are located ( Montoufar-Elou, High-level Advisor to the Center for China of the Conference Board thinking tank.

On the contrary, from many other countries, who responded to Trump’s plans for punitive duties by pursuing bilateral agreements with Washington, Beijing has imposed his own tariffs on US goods in response and has not sought conversations that he can only say.

Washington announced yesterday, Tuesday, that Trump is open to the conclusion of a trade agreement with China, but insisted that Beijing should make the first move and that China needs “our money”.