washington u.s. commerce secretary wilbur ross lead trade mission china mid-november part president donald trump first visit commerce department say notice post website department say multi-sector mission advance bilateral commercial relationship promote business deal u.s. chinese firm well address market access barriers face u.s. company commerce department say statement department say take applications trade associations company large small sept 29. say mission would promote new sales investments u.s. businesses chinese entities provide access senior decision makers chinese government reuters tuesday quote u.s. official say trump would likely stop china part trip take asean summit philippines apec summit vietnam trade mission come time heighten trade tensions unite state china follow trump decision wednesday block chinese-backed private equity firm buy u.s.-based chipmaker july high-level u.s.-china economic dialogue meet produce agreement trump administration demand reduce u.s. trade deficit china commerce 's ross lead trade mission trump 's china visit