SHANGHAI: Organisers of a new business leaders’ forum spearheaded by former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg have been forced to move the event from Beijing to Singapore, amid growing China-US trade friction and scheduling conflicts with another forum.
The New Economy Forum, planned for Nov 6 to 8, coincides with a massive new import fair in Shanghai that has been endorsed by Chinese President Xi Jinping and aims to demonstrate China’s value as a powerful consumer of foreign goods and services.