Rubio swears in David Perdue as Trump’s new U.S. ambassador to China ahead of high-stake talks

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump introduced David Perdue arsenic the caller U.S. ambassador to China during a ceremonial connected Wednesday astatine the White House.

During a ceremonial successful the Oval Office, State Secretary Marco Rubio swore successful the erstwhile Georgia legislator ahead of high-stakes China-U.S. commercialized talks successful Switzerland.

“I’m entrusting David to assistance negociate 1 of America’s astir analyzable and consequential overseas relationships, and I cognize he’ll bash a fantastic job,” Trump said.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer are acceptable to conscionable with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng and different Chinese officials connected Saturday and Sunday successful Geneva.

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Here is simply a database of facts astir the caller ambassador:

• Perdue, 75, earned engineering and probe degrees from the Georgia Institute of Technology

• He established Sara Lee’s archetypal office successful Asia

• He was the main enforcement serviceman of Reebok and Dollar General

• Perdue defeated Michelle Nunn and took bureau arsenic a legislator successful 2015 and mislaid successful 2021

• He celebrated the withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement

• Trump endorsed Perdue erstwhile helium ran for politician of Georgia and lost

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