Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, Beijing's top trade negotiator, will visit Washington for talks as both sides seek a solution to their bruising spat. PHOTO: AFP
Vice Premier Liu He will visit Washington on January 30-31 for the negotiations, the ministry said, following up on talks by lower-level officials in Beijing earlier this month.
US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed to a three-month trade war truce in December, suspending US plans to increase tariffs on billions of dollars in Chinese goods to give negotiators space to find a solution.
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Liu and US officials will "hold negotiations on economic and trade issues and work together to push forward and implement the consensus" reached by Xi and Trump, ministry spokesperson Gao Feng told reporters.
China's senior negotiator will travel at the invitation of US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, Gao said.
Without a resolution, punitive US duty rates on $200 billion in Chinese goods are due to rise to 25 percent from 10 percent on March 2.
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