WASHINGTON: The top Chinese and United States business and trade officials met Thursday in Washington, an infrequent direct conversation between leaders of the two biggest economies globally.
According to Voice of America, on Thursday, the United States Commerce Department said that Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao and United States Commerce Secretary Gina Raimond had “candid and substantive discussions on issues relating to the United States-China commercial relationship.”
Thursday’s meeting, the department said, “was part of ongoing efforts to maintain open lines of communication and responsibly manage” the United States-China relationship.
While United States President Joe Biden met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Bali the previous November, Thursday’s trade talks in Washington were the first cabinet-level meeting in the United States capital between American and Chinese officials during the Biden administration.
Wang is in the United States for the 2023 APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting in Detroit — a city in Michigan — on Thursday and Friday.
