Spokespersons for the U.S. Treasury and the U.S. Trade Representative's office declined to characterize the talks, while Chinese officials left on Sunday without speaking to reporters. The Paris talks follow several meetings to ease tension last year between Bessent, He, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Chinese chief trade negotiator Li Chenggang. Technical talks on the proposed U.S.-China "Board of Trade" and "Board of Investment" were expected on Monday. But with little time to prepare and Washington's attention focused on the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, prospects for such major trade breakthroughs were limited, in Paris or at the Beijing summit, trade analysts said. These meetings include a potential visit to Washington for Xi, a China-hosted APEC summit in November and a U.S.-hosted G20 summit in December.

Source: The Telegraph March 16, 2026 06:22 UTC