[US-China Business Council President: US Companies Don't Want to See a Rise in Trade Protectionism] Golden Finance reports that at this year's Hongqiao International Forum, Tan Sen, President of the US-China Business Council, was interviewed by a reporter from CCTV. He stated that US companies do not want to see a rise in trade protectionism. Tan Sen, President of the US-China Business Council: Do we like trade friction? Of course not. Do we like tariffs? Definitely not. Every year we survey US companies, asking them how important China is to their global strategy and global competitiveness. Guess how important China is in the global strategy of US companies? The result is a continuous increase. Cooperation between the two sides is not only ongoing, but statistics show that the scale of cooperation is increasing. This means that our companies and Chinese companies will always find ways to connect and cooperate, because cooperation will make both sides stronger. (CCTV News)