Commerce secretary pick has substantial business links with China, raising questions of possible conflict of interestUS politics live – latest updatesThe investment banker Howard Lutnick’s exposure to China came into sharp relief, after the Republican president-elect, Donald Trump, tapped him to lead the agencies that have become the tip of the spear in the US-China trade war.The financial services firms helmed by Lutnick have profited from ties to China: from BGC Group, which has a joint venture in Beijing with Chinese-state owned China Credit Trust, to Cantor Fitzgerald, which has helped take Chinese firms public in the United States. Continue reading...