China Vice-Premier He Lifeng to meet US delegation for trade talks in London
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Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng will visit the United Kingdom from June 8 to 13 at the invitation of the British government.
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Beijing - Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng will meet a US delegation for talks next week in Britain, Beijing announced on June 7 amid a fragile truce in the trade dispute between the two powers.
He will visit Britain from June 8 to 13 at the invitation of the British government, China’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
It said Mr He and American representatives will co-chair the first meeting of the China-US economic and trade consultation mechanism.
US President Donald Trump had already announced on June 6 that a new round of trade talks with China would kick off in London beginning on June 9, after he spoke by phone with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in a bid to end a bitter battle over tariffs.
Mr Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer would meet the Chinese team.
The discussions will mark the second round of such negotiations between the world’s two biggest economies since Mr Trump launched his trade war shortly after returning to the White House in January.
A first meeting, held in mid-May in Geneva, Switzerland, brought a pause to the US-China trade dispute.
But Mr Trump then accused Beijing of not respecting the terms of the de-escalation agreement.
On June 5, the Republican President finally discussed the issues with Mr Xi for the first time since trade tensions soared, assuring that the conversation had been positive.
Mr Xi, for his part, told Mr Trump that the two should “correct the course” of bilateral relations, according to remarks quoted by official Chinese media. AFP
