OR China considers that the first commercial conversations with the USA which began in Switzerland, after the “trade war” by US President Donald Trump’s “trade war”, constitute an “important step”.
A sign of the importance of the US and China to the issue that has caused a “trade war” is the fact that sent high -ranking delegations to Switzerland For the conversations: US Finance Minister Scott BessedUS Representative on Trade Jameson Green and Vice President of the Chinese Government Hen Lifeng.
«The contact in Switzerland is an important step in promoting the resolution of the issue in question“He mentioned the comment that was broadcast by the official news agency Xinhua, but without giving further details on the progress of the talks.
Bessed and the US delegation have made no comment. The discussions started in the morning and was in progress at least until 18.00 (Greek time). It is foreseen that they will continue tomorrow Sunday.
On Friday, Trump seemed to have made a gesture of goodwill to Beijing, implying that he would reduce the duties he imposed on Chinese products from 145% to 80%.
Beijing, who warned that “will fight to the end” Trump’s duties, responded by imposing 125% of its own tariffs on US products. As a result, bilateral transactions were essentially interrupted and markets experienced intense turmoil.