China confirms Vice Premier Liu to visit US for trade talks 30-31 January

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BEIJING (Reuters): Chinese Vice Premier Liu He will visit the United States on 30 and 31 January for the next round of trade negotiations with Washington, China’s Commerce Ministry said yesterday, confirming earlier reports of the planned talks.

Liu’s scheduled visit follows lower-level negotiations held in Beijing last week aimed at resolving a bitter trade dispute between the world’s two largest economies ahead of a scheduled 2 March escalation of US tariffs on $ 200 billion worth of Chinese goods.

Commerce Ministry spokesman Gao Feng confirmed Liu’s visit during a weekly press briefing.

A source familiar with the White House planning for the negotiations said this week that Liu had accepted an invitation to go to Washington for talks with US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on the last two days of January.

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