Las Vegas Sands slaps down worries that U.S.-China tensions could threaten its Macau casinos

The revived U.S.-China trade war is already causing headaches for companies like Boeing that now face the prospect of being shut out of the world’s second-largest economy. 

But U.S. casino operator Las Vegas Sands is betting that worsening relations between Washington and Beijing won’t threaten its operations in the Chinese gambling hub of Macau.

“I think we have an incredible relationship with Beijing, and we’ve worked on it for many, many years,” said CEO Rob Goldstein on...