Texas wants to continue trade with China, say experts

While US-China trade tensions continue to escalate at the federal level, some experts and business leaders in Texas voiced the state's desire to continue its trade relationship with China.

The US-China trade war became a focus of "Chinese Investment in the US: The Path Forward", a conference hosted by the China General Chamber of Commerce-USA (CGCC), which gathered experts, business leaders and government officials in Houston on Wednesday.

"We can spend an entire day debating the facts and analysis of how we got here today," said Xu Chen, president and CEO of Bank of China USA and the chairman of the CGCC during an opening speech. "The fact remains though that US exports of goods to China have grown by 86 percent over the last decade, while exports to the rest of the world grew by only 21 percent."