China’s vice minister Liu He will lead a delegation visiting Washington for two days, on 30 and 31 January.
a month before Donald Trumps the threat of facing a 25-percent tax on nearly all goods imported from China to the united states is put in the work.
Then, it has also passed 90 days ago Trump met with president of China Xi Jinping over a dinner in connection with the G20 meeting in Buenos Aires and agreed to suspend the new tariffs on the goods.
Despite the almost 60-day call, it is as yet unclear how close to each other the two countries are in what most resembled a trade war.
Steven Mnuchin was on Sunday cautiously optimistic:
“I think there has been a clear success, while continuing to discuss very problematic issues,” said Mnuchin at the press point at the White house on Monday.
The two countries must, for example, agree on China’s use of u.s. intellectual property rights, which the united states considers that China steals.
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