US, Chinese officials to meet in London next week for new round of trade talks

Senior U.S. medication officials volition conscionable with a Chinese delegation connected Monday successful London for the adjacent circular of commercialized negotiations betwixt Washington and Beijing, President Donald Trump said Friday

WASHINGTON -- Senior U.S. medication officials volition conscionable with a Chinese delegation connected Monday successful London for the adjacent circular of trade negotiations betwixt Washington and Beijing, President Donald Trump said Friday.

The gathering comes aft a telephone telephone betwixt Trump and Chinese person Xi Jinping connected Thursday, which the U.S. president described arsenic a “very positive” speech arsenic the 2 countries effort to interruption an impasse implicit tariffs and planetary supplies of uncommon world minerals.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer volition correspond the U.S. broadside successful the commercialized talks.

“The gathering should spell precise well,” Trump wrote connected his societal media level Friday afternoon.

Speaking to reporters connected Air Force One Friday, Trump said Xi had agreed to restart exports of uncommon world minerals and magnets to the U.S. which China had slowed, threatening a scope of U.S. manufacturers that relied connected the captious materials. The was nary contiguous confirmation from China.

The Thursday speech betwixt Trump and Xi, who pb the world's 2 biggest economies, lasted astir an hr and a half, according to the U.S. president. The Chinese overseas ministry has said Trump initiated the call.

The ministry said Xi asked Trump to “remove the antagonistic measures” that the U.S. has taken against China. It besides said that Trump said “the U.S. loves to person Chinese students coming to survey successful America,” though his medication has vowed to revoke immoderate of their visas.

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