TMTPOST — The new round of trade talks between the United States and China is set to extend to second day.
Credit：Xinhua News Agency
Yuyuan Tantian, a social media account affiliated with the state-run broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) said the U.S. -China talks would resume on June 10, Tuesday. Multiple Western news media outlets echoed the report.
The current round of trade talks is the first meeting of the China-U.S. economic and trade consultation mechanism, which was opened in London on Monday, according to China’s state news agency Xinhua.
Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, attended the meeting with with U.S. representatives, Xinhua reported, attaching a group photo prior to the meeting. The picture showed He, Chinese Commerce Minister Wang wentao and his deputy Li Chenggang, the country’s trade representative and their American counterparts–U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer held the talks .
The meeting came four days after Trump spoke to Chinese President Xi jinping during a phone call last Thursday. China’s official news media outlets and embassy in the United States said it is Trump who requested the call with Xi. Trump said in a social media post he on Thursday he discussed the preliminary trade deal U.S. and Chinese official had made last month with Xi for 90 minutes, and two leaders made “a very positive conclusion”.
This is the first call between U.S. and Chinese presidents since Trump initiated the new round of trade war in February. The last Trump-Xi call took place in January, three days before Trump’s second inauguration on January 20.
Xinhua reported Xi cautioned the Taiwan issue in the phone call. Xi emphasized that the U.S. must handle the Taiwan question with prudence, so that the fringe separatists bent on “Taiwan independence” will not be able to drag China and the United States into the dangerous terrain of confrontation and even conflict, Xinhua reported. In response, Trump said the United States will honor the one-China policy, per the report.
Xi said China always honor and deliver what has been promised, and urged U.S. to acknowledge the progress already made, and remove the negative measures taken against China, according to the report. The two sides should enhance communication in such fields as foreign affairs, economy and trade, military, and law enforcement to build consensus, clear up misunderstandings, and strengthen cooperation, Xi added.
It was reported by Xinhua that Trump told Xi the U.S. wants the Chinese economy to do very well, and the United States and China working together can get a lot of great things done. The United States loves to have Chinese students coming to study in America, the report cited Trump.
Xinhua reported Xi welcomed Trump to visit China again. Trump in a socail media post revealed Xi during the call “graciously invited” him and first lady Melania Trump to visit China, “and I reciprocated.”
