Trade war: US, China to restart talks next week
US and Chinese officials are working to schedule top-level trade talks by telephone next week
Many delegates from the United States and government officials were present at the seminar
WASHINGTON:
US and Chinese officials are working to schedule top-level trade talks by telephone next week but a face-to-face encounter has not been scheduled yet, US officials said on Friday. Efforts to pencil in a new round of negotiations come a week after President Donald Trump and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping met in Japan and agreed to restart their stalled negotiations. But Beijing this week showed no sign of softening its position, with the Commerce Ministry announcing on Thursday that any resolution would require Washington to lift the steep tariffs it imposed on Chinese imports last year. An official with the US Trade Representative’s office confirmed to AFP that efforts are under way to schedule a call between top negotiators for next week. Meanwhile, The South China Morning Post also reported on Friday that talks were due to resume in Beijing next week.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 7th, 2019.
US and Chinese officials are working to schedule top-level trade talks by telephone next week but a face-to-face encounter has not been scheduled yet, US officials said on Friday. Efforts to pencil in a new round of negotiations come a week after President Donald Trump and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping met in Japan and agreed to restart their stalled negotiations. But Beijing this week showed no sign of softening its position, with the Commerce Ministry announcing on Thursday that any resolution would require Washington to lift the steep tariffs it imposed on Chinese imports last year. An official with the US Trade Representative’s office confirmed to AFP that efforts are under way to schedule a call between top negotiators for next week. Meanwhile, The South China Morning Post also reported on Friday that talks were due to resume in Beijing next week.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 7th, 2019.