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US, China Could Resume Formal Trade Talks in Days

Steve Herman

   Formal trade talks between the United States and China are poised to
   resume days from now, a senior White House official told VOA on
   Wednesday.

   "Those talks will continue in earnest this coming week, actually," said
   Larry Kudlow, National Economic Council director.

   Asked by VOA if the discussions would be face to face, Kudlow replied
   in the affirmative, noting they would be led by U.S. Trade
   Representative RobertLighthizerand Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin
   with their respective staffs and trade principals.
   "We will be very involved now," added Kudlow.
   Asked if the Americans would travel to China or the Chinese would be
   visiting the U.S., Kudlow said, "I don't know yet."
   U.S. President Donald Trump, following a lengthy Friday meeting with
   Chinese President Xi Jinping in Osaka on the sidelines of the G-20
   leaders' summit, said that telephone discussions between trade
   officials of the two countries had already resumed and relations with
   Beijing were "right back on track."
   The truce in the U.S.-China yearlong trade war meant Trump would not
   impose tariffs of up to 25 percent on an additional $300 billion worth
   of Chinese goods.
   Xi, at the start of the meeting with Trump in Japan, said that
   "cooperation and dialogue are better than friction and confrontation."

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