Citi’s China-US corridor thrives as mainland firms hedge risks amid trade turbulence

Citi’s China-US corridor thrives as mainland firms hedge risks amid trade turbulence2-MIN READ2-MIN0ListenPublished: 7:00am, 31 Aug 2026Escalating China-trade-friction" class="entity-link entity-topic" data-entity-id="196820" data-entity-type="topic">US-China trade friction has failed to dampen corporate activity between the two economies, with Citi reporting steady revenue growth on its North America-China corridor as Chinese companies aggressively deploy risk-hedging strategies to protect their global market share.Instead of retreating from the US market, mainland Chinese firms had leaned heavily on global institutions to navigate financial friction and complex supply chains, Citi’s Greater China executives said at a media briefing in Hong Kong.“Our revenue has not decreased – there has been growth,” the bank’s China CEO Zhang Wenjie said, noting a 44 per cent year-on-year revenue surge across the bank’s China-US corridor in the first half of the year.Select VoiceSelect Speed0.8x0.9x1.0x1.1x1.2x1.5x1.75x00:0000:001.00x