Good morning, Peter Vanham here in Geneva, filling in for Alan.
Beijing is not a fan of the West “de-risking” from China and wants companies—not governments—to decide whether to deal with China, the country’s new premier Li Qiang said in his address to the global business community in the Chinese city of Tianjin on Tuesday. But Li offered little substance to reassure jittery international investors; few of them had showed up to hear his speech in the first place.
