Terry Branstad will be stepping down as United States Ambassador to China after more than three years in Beijing, a source confirmed to CNN
Beijing Monday.
Branstad is expected to leave Beijing before the November US Presidential election, the source said.The announcement comes amid increasing tensions between the US and China on several fronts. The Chinese government announced on Friday it would be imposing unspecified restrictions on senior US diplomats and personnel inside China after Washington put in place a similar measure targeting Beijing's diplomatic corps on September 3.
Branstad's appointment was welcomed by Chinese officials in 2016 03:15Originally Branstad's appointment was welcomed by Beijing, with Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang lauding him as an"old friend of the Chinese people."But Branstad has overseen one of the rockiest periods of US-China relations in recent history. Since his appointment, the Trump administration has placed tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars of Chinese goods as part of a long-running trade war.
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