US / China. – US and Chinese trade negotiators hold first Biden administration talks

Madrid, 27 (Europa Press)

Trade negotiators from the United States and China have made their first contact on Thursday since US President Joe Biden took office to address the current trade conflict.

This has been confirmed by both governments, noting that the United States Trade Representative, Katherine Tai, and the Chinese Deputy Prime Minister, Liu He, have spoken.

He has indicated from Washington that this includes an “initial virtual meeting” to “discuss the importance of commercial relations between the United States and China”, in an exchange that he valued as “honest” and that Let’s hope “interest together” is to be repeated. ..

Tai has defended “issues of concern” with the Biden administration’s “guiding principles of worker-centric trade policy” as well as the ongoing review of US-China trade relations.

For Beijing, in a statement from the Ministry of Commerce, it described the conversation as “honest, pragmatic and constructive”, while it has developed “in a view of equality and mutual respect”, he specified.

“Both sides believe that commercial development is very important,” according to China, while in the virtual meeting they have exchanged “ideas on issues of mutual interest”, after which they agree to “continue the dialogue” Has happened.