（来源：China Daily，2026-05-13）

As trade frictions continue to intensify, can economic ties still serve as the "ballast stone" of China-US relations? As Trump visits China again for the first time in nine years, we spoke with Wu Xinbo, dean of Fudan University's Institute of International Studies, about this question.

According to Wu, the deep economic ties between the two countries remain an important ballast stone for China-US relations. "At the same time, there is also a new factor that can serve as another ballast in this relationship. That's China's role in this relationship," Wu said.