Amid Trade War With US, Chinese Regime Tried to Find Ways to Offset Negative Impact: Internal Memo

A cargo ship loaded with containers makes its way to a port in Qingdao city, eastern Shandong Province, China, on Jan. 14, 2020. AFP via Getty Images

Local governments in China were considering alternative markets for its exports as U.S.-China trade tensions escalated in 2018, according to internal government documents The Epoch Times has newly obtained.

Authorities in northeast China’s Jilin Province identified countermeasures shortly after the U.S.-China trade war erupted in March 2018.