and world bank comes as china's trade war with the us continues to cause widespread concern. china is keen to convince the world that it is open for business, and that it really does play fair. earlier this month it cut import tariffs on more than 1500 goods, including metals, wood and even gemstones. but the reductions were fairly meagre, less than 3% on average. but even if progress on liberalisation seems slow, firms are investing more and more money in the country. last year there was $136 billion in foreign direct investment. one of those investing is tesla, which last month spent $140 million buying land in shanghai, for its first factory outside the us with reports it could spend as much as $5 billion on the new plant. that is just one example of a