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China lodges representations with US on lifting additional tariffs, sanctions as senior officials hold ‘pragmatic, candid’ talks over trade

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Senior Chinese and US officials conducted "candid, pragmatic and constructive” exchanges on trade, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced on Saturday, and the Chinese side lodged representations on lifting additional tariffs and sanctions.

The latest communication signaled a relatively positive indication, which showed that despite their differences, both sides are willing to solve their problems through dialogue, experts said. 

Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, 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, held a video call with US Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Saturday, during which the two agreed to keep communicating in an attitude of equality and mutual respect, the MOC said in a statement published on its official website.

During the conversation, the two sides conducted pragmatic, candid and constructive exchanges on three issues:


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