Bilateral trade ties run into rough weather

China and the United States have experienced a bumpy start to 2018 as skepticism about Chinese investment and trade is clouding over Washington.

The US government rejected a merger by China's Ant Financial with US money transfer company MoneyGram International Inc over national security concerns on Tuesday.

It is not surprising that a number of Chinese companies have hit the buffers in Washington as trade tensions between the two countries are flaring.