WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald Trump has offered the post of U.S. ambassador to China to Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, a longtime friend of Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to three people close to the matter.
Branstad, a Republican, has accepted the offer, said the three people, who asked for anonymity.
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