US, China Continue to ‘Meet Each Other Halfway’ in Trade Talks, Says Ministry
“Substantive progress” is being made in “high-level” trade talks between China and the U.S., said a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wednesday. “We are keeping in contact with each other.” The Chinese and U.S. teams “will continue to meet each other…
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halfway and work together for a mutually beneficial agreement,” he said. President Donald Trump will dispatch U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to Beijing for “continued negotiations” that begin April 30 on a trade deal, said the White House Tuesday. Vice Premier Liu He, who will lead the talks for China, will then head a Chinese delegation to Washington for additional talks starting May 8, it said. “The subjects of next week’s discussions will cover trade issues including intellectual property, forced technology transfer, non-tariff barriers, agriculture, services, purchases, and enforcement.”