Photo courtesy of WV Commerce.

President Donald J. Trump, seated, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, seated at right rear, watch as West Virginia Secretary of Commerce H. Wood Thrasher, standing left, and China Energy President Ling Wen, standing right, meet to sign a Memorandum of Understanding between China Energy and the state of West Virginia in Beijing today, Nov. 9. The $89 billion W.Va. project is part of the US-China Business Exchange trade mission to enhance relations between the two countries. The China Energy announcement in West Virginia was the largest investment in a series of projects in US corporations and other states totaling a reported $250 billion of investment in the United States.