Published: 9:24pm, 27 Oct, 2017 Updated: 2:55pm, 20 Jul, 2018
Chinese President Xi Jinping is to speak at the Boao Forum in Asia on 8 April where he is expected to announce plans to create free-trade ports along China's coast, as previously hinted in October. This move would allow greater market access. The US has been pushing for a free trade deal with China since 2012, but it remains unclear whether this will be possible under Trump.