China Import Expo 2025 Shatters Records: $40B Deals, US Firms Return After Xi–Trump Summit – Experts Sound Off
The CIIE is China’s flagship trade fair to demonstrate “free trade credentials” and attract importsreuters.comscmp.com. Premier Li stressed high-level opening-up, promising to keep China’s economy “fairer and more transparent”reuters.com. Reuters notes Li said rising tariffs “are seriously undermining international economic and trade rules”reuters.com. He repeated China’s commitment to increase imports of “high quality products” and let global companies expand with confidencereuters.com. This year’s expo will coincide with dozens of Hongqiao Economic Forum conferences on global economic governance. Shanghai’s Liu Liang calls the expo a chance to see “innovative technologies” that will “boost the new productive forces” in Shanghaiscmp.com.