New round of China-US trade talks starts in Beijing

2019-02-14
Xinhua

Vice-Premier Liu He (C), also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chief of the Chinese side of the China-US comprehensive economic dialogue, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer (L) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin jointly chair the opening ceremony of a new round of high-level economic and trade consultations in Beijing, capital of China, Feb 14, 2019. This round of high-level consultations will conclude on Feb 15.[Photo/Xinhua]

BEIJING — China and the United States started a new round of high-level economic and trade consultations in Beijing on the morning of Feb 14.

The opening ceremony of the talks was jointly chaired by Vice-Premier Liu He, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chief of the Chinese side of the China-US comprehensive economic dialogue, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

This round of high-level consultations will conclude on Feb 15.

Vice-Premier Liu He, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chief of the Chinese side of the China-US comprehensive economic dialogue, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin jointly chair the opening ceremony of a new round of high-level economic and trade consultations in Beijing, capital of China, Feb 14, 2019.[Photo/Xinhua]

Vice-Premier Liu He (R, front), also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chief of the Chinese side of the China-US comprehensive economic dialogue, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer (C, front) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (L, front) jointly chair the opening ceremony of a new round of high-level economic and trade consultations in Beijing, capital of China, Feb 14, 2019.[Photo/Xinhua]