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How David Perdue Swung From Trade Globalist To China Hawk

May 17, 2025
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BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The new U.S. envoy to China, Ambassador David Perdue is a former champion of global trade turned China hawk who will emphasize his close ties to President Donald Trump as he seeks to restore crucial lines of communication between Washington and Beijing.

Perdue, a one-time Republican Senator for Georgia, arrived in Beijing Thursday, according to a post on his X account. He replaces career diplomat Nicholas Burns, a pick of former President Joe Biden, who left in January.

Perdue's arrival will be closely watched after both sides reached an unexpected truce in Geneva last weekend, pausing a trade war between the world's two biggest economies that had stoked fears of a global recession.

"It is an honor to represent President Trump," Perdue wrote on his official X account Thursday, accompanied by a selfie taken outside the embassy building.

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