BEIJING -- Chinese and Russian enterprises signed roughly $20 billion in business deals on the sidelines of the summit in Moscow on Wednesday as Beijing seeks to bolster trade and economic relationships with countries other than the U.S.
Beijing seeks alternatives to tariff-hit American gas and soybeans

Workers next to tanks for liquefied natural gas in China's Shaanxi Province. China views Russia as an alternative source for the fuel as tariffs push up prices of American gas. © Reuters
BEIJING -- Chinese and Russian enterprises signed roughly $20 billion in business deals on the sidelines of the summit in Moscow on Wednesday as Beijing seeks to bolster trade and economic relationships with countries other than the U.S.