Officials from US, China talk trade in virtual meetingAP, BEIJINGChina and the US on Saturday held a virtual meeting regarding the two countries’ fraught trade relationship, after a lengthy break in negotiations. Beijing’s top trade negotiator, Chinese Vice Premier Liu He (劉鶴), called US Trade Representative Katherine Tai (戴琪) to discuss a phase 1 trade deal, negotiated under former US president Donald Trump’s administration, along with other major economic concerns, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said in a statement. Chinese Vice Premier Liu He listens as then-US president Donald Trump speaks before signing a trade agreement at the White House in Washington on Jan. 15 last year. Photo: APTai last week said that she planned frank conversations with officials in Beijing about an interim trade deal aimed at resolving a tariff war. The phase 1 trade deal put on pause a trade dispute enacted by Trump, who raised tariffs on Chinese imports over complaints about Beijing’s industrial policy and trade surplus.

Source: Taipei Times October 10, 2021 15:56 UTC