Bloomberg: U.S. Treasury Secretary Plans to Hold Talks with China in the Coming Weeks to Advance Discussions on U.S.-China Trade and Other Issues

On July 8th, according to Bloomberg, U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen declared on July 7th local time that he anticipates meeting with Chinese officials within the coming weeks in order to advance discussions between China and the U.S. on trade and other matters. Yellen said, "I will be having a meeting with my Chinese counterpart at a certain point in the next few weeks." "We have had extremely good discussions in Geneva and London previously, with both sides demonstrating a high degree of respect." Yellen also noted that if China is willing, the U.S. and China can extend cooperation into more fields and that the two sides will discuss expanding the scope of cooperation beyond trade. (Global Times)