Washington, Jul 26 (EFE) .- The Chinese government tried to get workers from the Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States, to act as infiltrators and share sensitive information about the state of the US economy, according to a report published this Tuesday.The report, prepared by employees of the US Senate at the request of the Republican Party, found that China offered contracts and cash payments to Federal Reserve (Fed) workers in exchange for providing confidential information about studies of the agency or future interest rate decisions.On one occasion, a Fed economist who was on a trip to Shanghai in 2019 was even threatened with imprisonment if he did not reveal US economic data to the authorities in that country. public.US President Joe Biden plans to hold a telephone call "very soon" with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, in which he will address the situation in Taiwan and the war in Ukraine, the White House announced on Tuesday.There is still no date for the expected telephone exchange between the two leaders, which will be the fifth since Biden arrived at the White House in January 2021.Apart from Taiwan, the two leaders will also talk about the South China Sea, a region in which it is estimated that 11,000 million barrels of oil are hidden and that the Asian giant is in dispute with Taiwan, Brunei, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia and Vietnam. .The Biden government has said that it is considering the possibility of ending the tariffs on Chinese goods that former President Donald Trump (2017-2021) imposed to mitigate inflation, which in June shot up to 9.1%, something not seen since 1981. EFE� 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 SAInternational Geneva, an important center of multilateralism, faces unprecedented challenges.SWI 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.Your account is connected withPasswordChange passwordJoin our discussions.You can find an overview of the ongoing discussions with our journalists here.Join the conversationIn many parts of the world, people are increasingly suffering from intense heat and several countries are facing a growing health impact from...Join our discussions.You can find an overview of the ongoing discussions with our journalists here.Join the conversationIn many parts of the world, people are increasingly suffering from intense heat and several countries are facing a growing health impact from...