U.S. Treasury's Mnuchin spoke with China Vice Premier Liu: WSJ
Reuters
Published Nov 12, 2018 08:09PM ET
U.S. Treasury's Mnuchin spoke with China Vice Premier Liu: WSJ
(Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has resumed discussions with China Vice Premier Liu He, with the two speaking by telephone on Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing sources.
The conversation did not lead to any breakthrough to resolve the tariff dispute between the world's two largest economies, the WSJ reported.
A U.S. Treasury spokesman did not immediately respond to a query about the report.
The development comes as China President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump plan to meet on the sidelines of a G20 summit that is being held in Argentina at the end of November and early December.
Earlier this month, after a phone conversation with Xi, Trump said he thought the United States would make a deal with China on trade but stood ready to levy more tariffs on Chinese goods if no progress is made.
Trump has imposed tariffs on $250 billion of Chinese goods to pressure Beijing to stop intellectual property theft and forced technology transfers, improve market access for U.S. firms and cut China's high-tech industrial subsidy program - major shifts away from China’s state-led economic model.
The tariff rate on $200 billion in Chinese goods is set to increase to 25 percent from 10 percent on Jan. 1. Trump has also threatened to impose tariffs on all remaining Chinese imports, about $267 billion worth, if China fails to address U.S. demands.
Mnuchin in October said that China needed to identify concrete "action items" to rebalance the two countries' trade relationship before talks to resolve their disputes could resume.
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