China and US Open Tariff Talks Ahead of Trump-Xi Sit-Down at APEC
Chinese and US trade envoys held their first trade council meeting, hashing out tariffs, farm trade and a "$30 billion for $30 billion" reciprocal tariff cut plan, Beijing's Commerce Ministry said Saturday. It lands just before a November 19 APEC summit where Trump is set to meet Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, the White House says.
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Beijing and Washington put trade negotiators in the same room. China's Commerce Ministry said Saturday that representatives from both countries met a day earlier for their first trade council session, covering tariffs and a broader set of economic disputes.
The ministry described the exchanges as frank, in-depth and constructive. On the table: tariffs, the so-called '$30 billion for $30 billion' reciprocal tariff reduction arrangement, agricultural trade and other issues both sides flagged as pressing. The stated goal was to carry out what earlier China-US economic and trade consultations produced.
The timing is loaded. The White House had already announced that President Donald Trump will meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation gathering on November 19.
So the trade council's first outing serves as a warm-up act, with the two presidents set to take the stage in person days later.
TopicsChina · United States · Donald Trump · Xi Jinping · Vladimir Putin · Chinese Commerce Ministry · White House · APEC
Source: breakingthenews.net
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