Chinese vice premier talks 'constructive' with US Treasury secretary - SWI swissinfo.ch

2022-07-05 03:06:26 By : Mr. David Chan

Beijing, Jul 5 (EFE) .- The leading Chinese trade negotiator and one of the country's deputy prime ministers, Liu He, and the United States Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, held a "constructive" dialogue by videoconference on Tuesday on economic issues, state media reported.The meeting, held on Tuesday morning (Chinese local time) at the request of Yellen, focused on issues such as the global macroeconomic situation and the situation of supply chains and was "practical, frank and constructive", according to the agency. Xinhua official.Both sides agreed that, at a time when the world economy is facing "serious challenges", it is important for "China and the United States to strengthen their communication and coordination on macroeconomic issues," the report said.They also agreed that maintaining the stability of global industrial and supply chains "is in the interest of both countries and the entire world."The Chinese representative expressed his interest in a possible suspension of sanctions and tariffs on Chinese products imposed by the US and that Chinese companies receive "fair treatment."Officials of the US Administration recently mentioned the possibility that the North American country, in a context of growing inflation, abolishes the tariffs set on some Chinese products.Liu and Yellen, who already had a dialogue last October that was also described as "constructive", agreed to continue communicating in the future.Relations between Beijing and Washington began to deteriorate in 2018 when the then US president, Donald Trump, started a trade war with China that was later extended to fields such as technology or diplomacy.After the arrival of Joe Biden to the White House in 2021, both countries have tried to redirect relations, although Washington has for the moment continued the policy of sanctions and vetoes of Chinese companies initiated by Trump.EFEThree issues stopped through the referendums in the votes in Switzerland on May 15.� EFE 2022. The redistribution and redistribution of all or part of the contents of EFE services is expressly prohibited, without the prior and express consent of Agencia EFE SASWI swissinfo.ch - business unit of the Swiss radio and television company SRG SSRYour data is used to fill in some fields of the form.A confirmation email has been sent to your mailbox.Click on the link included in the email to activate your account.Enter your email address.You will receive a link to reset your password.An email to reset your password has been sent to your mailbox.Please click the link in the e-mail to reset your password.