U.S.'s Lighthizer, Mnuchin to travel to China for trade talks: White House

Reuters

Published Mar 23, 2019 01:11PM ET

U.S.'s Lighthizer, Mnuchin to travel to China for trade talks: White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will travel to Beijing for the latest round of high-level trade talks scheduled to start on March 28, the White House said in a statement on Saturday.

The United States also will receive a Chinese trade delegation led by Vice Premier Liu He for meetings in Washington that are set to begin on April 3, the White House said.

President Donald Trump said on Friday the negotiations with China were progressing and a final agreement seemed probable, as the world's two largest economies seek to ease tensions from an eight-month-old trade war.